Brake force display- has anybody seen it work?
12-30-2006, 02:24 AM
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This is a technology innovation in your E60 that works without the driver knowing it.From what I have read from BMW articles,it cautions the driver behind you with a brighter display of brake lights when ever the sudden brake is applied and thus minimises the chances of a collission. ---Just wondering how doest that actually work in a real scenario !! Do you think this is a useful technology? Would love to see if anyone got any pic of that .
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i know what an e60 is doing emergency braking it turns both on, so when i see one ill know...
but do you think other people will know he is in emergency braking
, at least i hope they are sure he is braking?
but do you think other people will know he is in emergency braking
, at least i hope they are sure he is braking?
12-30-2006, 04:28 AM
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how different is that display when compared to normal brake light? I would love to see some pics on that.
12-30-2006, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by jay_menon' post='372324' date='Dec 30 2006, 01:28 PM
how different is that display when compared to normal brake light? I would love to see some pics on that.
It just lights up an extra set of brake lights, so 5 bulbs instead of 3, not so much brighter as a larger area of brake lights.
Nobody is going to know you are braking harder, it is just a mechanism to try to make the brake lights a bit more noticeable under severe braking.
They do work as described, I got someone to stand by the side of the (deserted) road whilst I stood on the brakes and the extra lights do come on.
12-30-2006, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by KAF' post='372370' date='Dec 30 2006, 05:27 PM
It just lights up an extra set of brake lights, so 5 bulbs instead of 3, not so much brighter as a larger area of brake lights.
Nobody is going to know you are braking harder, it is just a mechanism to try to make the brake lights a bit more noticeable under severe braking.
They do work as described, I got someone to stand by the side of the (deserted) road whilst I stood on the brakes and the extra lights do come on.
Nobody is going to know you are braking harder, it is just a mechanism to try to make the brake lights a bit more noticeable under severe braking.
They do work as described, I got someone to stand by the side of the (deserted) road whilst I stood on the brakes and the extra lights do come on.
I'm sure I have read somewhere that some kind of legislation needed to be passed first - seems crazy for such an obvious safety feature. I don't think your average driver would know though that the extra lights mean heavy braking but anything that makes the lights more noticable has got to be better surely
I'll have to try and stamp on my brakes and see if I can get them to work although I'm pretty sure I tried to do this when I first got it back in May of this year.
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For those of you who live in NJ and has followed an NJ Transit bus...When the driver lightly applies the brakes, the yellow or amber caution lights go on....during normal or hard braking, the red lights glow..
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Originally Posted by dawi' post='372437' date='Dec 30 2006, 11:38 PM
I was under the impression that this feature was not yet enabled for the UK market
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