Zamzara wrote:
Up to 0.2 seconds? Sounds like a very small amount.
Well, at 60mph 0.2s = 17 feet, or thereabouts.
Would you rather have the front of your vehicle (or the one behind you), 17 feet further forward or backwards after an e-stop?
The US equiv. to this, the Cyberlite, has been around in the US for decades, I understood they were illegal over here.
July 1982 advertisement in Cycle magazine:
"More than a Brake Light. Cyberlite. The Ultimate Brake Light"
"This modulated light works in parallel with your standard brake light. The harder you brake (1) the faster Cyberlite pulses, (2) the shorter the on-time of each light pulse, and (3) the more brilliant each light pulse becomes."
"Effectiveness verified by 19.5 million miles of testing.
In a controlled, eleven-month, 19.5 million split-sample test on 500 Yellow Cabs in San Francisco... found that the rear-end collision rate was reduced by 60% for Cyberlite-equipped cabs..."
List $125, advertised for motorcycles.
Mind you, can't find them now . . .
However, there are:
http://www.sampson-sporttouring.com/hyp ... ersal.html
http://www.sampson-sporttouring.com/hyper-lite.html
I use a more 'DIY' approach, and - apart from e-stops when I'll be more concerned with what's in front - I try to release and re-apply the brakes after 3-4 seconds, and will do so when stopped if there's traffic approaching.