2024-01-26 18:56:13
Your car’s third stop light helps you prevent crashes. Photo: Shutterstock
Although you may not have paid much attention to it, there is an element in your car that, despite its simplicity, helps avoid many crashes. This time at Unotv.com we will talk to you about the third brake light of your car.
And, despite its importance for road safety, in addition to being present in all vehicles, in some automotive models it seems to be part of the design, like another luminous decoration, and it is common for it to be an element that we do not take much into account. . Until it breaks down and we get a fine.
What is the third brake light for?
Surely you have noticed that cars, at least Since the 90s, they have a red light installed in the rear, either on the trunk cover or on the roof, which is activated at the same time as the brake lights.the lights stopwhen braking the vehicle, as an improvement to mobility safety.
However, Although they light up simultaneously with the so-called skulls when you press the brake pedal, the same thing does not happen with this one as with the other two. stop when the headlights are onwhich stay on, since they have slightly different functions.
To begin with, just like the skulls, The three red lights serve to indicate to other vehicles that the car will stop, so that they can take action., such as reducing speed or changing lanes. This, in order to avoid collisions.
While, their main difference lies in the distance for which they are made, since The large size of the main lights, those on the sides, allow you to see from many meters behind that the car is stoppingthus knowing about an obstacle along the way or something that could even affect us later.
In the case of the third stop light, which is considerably smaller and taller, Its function is to alert the vehicle behind so that it can brake before a collision.. It’s that simple, although now the differences come.
Although they are essentially the same, the third light It should be higher, either in the trunk or in the rear quarter, just under the roof, so that drivers behind can see it above the hood linesince at a short distance these become hidden behind the front of the cars.
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In this regard, the South Korean automaker KIA highlights that the advantage of this light, although smaller, being so high, is that will be seen by drivers approaching it even if they are distractedbecause it will be at the level of your eyes.
Therefore, even if you have not been able to see from behind that your stop lights came on, or that they have come on when they were already out of your vision, you will be able to see the third and be able to reduce your speed, making the impact lighter, and the effects minor.
That is why, in addition to being mandatory in many countries, in the United States since 1986, in many places you could receive a fine if the third does not work, since you will hinder communication with other drivers and could cause an accident.
Is there only the third light in cars?
On the other hand, although the third light is present in all cars and trucks, it There are some devices that resemble it in other vehicles, such as motorcycles and bicycles.in order to effectively warn you that you will stop.
To do this, there are some lights that can be installed in the rear part of the helmet, either with permanent lighting, or only at some height, while motorcycles also have three lights, one in the center of the rear part and two floating ones. on the sides, although all three are almost at the same height.
There are even some vests, ribbons, jackets and backpacks that have these lights, which can be red or other colors, to indicate both that the cyclist or motorcyclist is moving and that they have stopped.
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