[Healeys] Brake Light switch

[Leonard Hartnett]

On the way home from the All British car meet in Palo Alto (CA), while 
driving through San Francisco, I looked over and saw a woman talking on her 
cell phone.  When she looked my way, I gave her a 'thumbs down".  At the 
next stop light, she had put the phone down - and was eating a bowl of 
noodles.  I think she put the phone down.  She may have been holding it to 
her right ear with her shoulder - while eating the noodles.  They just don't 
get the message to "drive now, do those other things later".

(The Other) Len
Vacaville,  California,  USA
1967 3000 MKIII, HBJ8L39031


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Schultz" <alan at andysnet.net>
To: "Ed Townley" <healeymonster at fastwave.biz>
Cc: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Brake Light switch


> This thread has generated a lot of ideas of how we can alert the driver
> behind us that we are stopping. Just how far do we go in protecting
> ourselves? Maybe we should install some warning device that no one has
> thought of.  How about a couple dozen brake lights sequencing and
> several red strobe lights? Seriously, talking on the cell phone while
> driving is asking for an accident. The other day my wife and I saw
> someone in a SUV go around two lanes of stopped traffic at a red stop
> light and continue traveling as though nothing happened. As we drove by
> she was busy talking on the cell phone. Don's assume people are going to
> stop for traffic lights anymore!!!
> Alan Schultz
> 67BJ8
>
>
> Ed Townley wrote:
>> Just to add a bit to the Brake light thread--those of you with third 
>> lights
>> might want to consider a pulser for the third light-- I recently 
>> installed
>> one of these on My Wife's Miata, and it works great-- relatively 
>> inexpensive
>> at $35 and gives a little extra notice to the Soccer Mom in the SUV who 
>> is
>> screaming at the kids, drinking a latte, and talking on the cell. No
>> financial interest, etc, etc.
>> See at http://www.webelectricproducts.com/products.htm
>> Cheers
>> Ed Townley
>> Southern NM, USA
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