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Old 08-28-2005, 04:03 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by YELOTUS
I know MB is going to make the blinking third brake light standard on their cars for MY06... and have heard several other Euro manufacturers following suit... so to me it would have to be DOT compliant.
Michael
I thought you folks might be interested in this- it turns out these 3rd brake light blinkers are not legal, nor are they likely to be soon. Mercedes Benz did indeed try to introduce the feature, but was rejected by the NHTSA. This information comes from the Aug05 issue of Roundel magazine.

So... install this gizmo at your own risk. Seems unlikely you'd get a ticket for it though, and it does seem like it would add a measure of safety.

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