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From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Car electronics projects
Message-ID: <20677@cup.portal.com>
Date: 22 Jul 89 16:01:21 GMT
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gene@cooper.cooper.edu makes this quote, attributing it to me:

> > In article <20556@cup.portal.com> mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) says:
> > A better idea, one I keep saying Real Soon Now to is a momentary switch
> > placed on the steering wheel that *disables* your brake lights, say for
> > the times your radar detector goes off on a full instant-on blast and
> > full braking power is required (80-55 in under 2 sec oughta fool the
> > gun :-), actually works, ya know), without triggering the lights, which
> > gives the cop a little more drive in his quest for revenue enhancement.

Somebody else wrote that stuff in response to what I said.  Please keep your
authors clear.  I didn't suggest cutting into the existing brake system.
That would be considerably more dangerous than putting a switch in parallel
with the one which already activates the brake lights.  The consequence of
a failure of a parallel switch or your wiring technique would be A) brake lights
are on all the time or B) magic switch doesn't work.

The consequence of a failure of a switch in series with the brake light
switch is no brake lights.  This could occur an unpredictable amount of
hours after installing the mod.