Hey all, Just wondering if anyone has removed their third brake like and if so how to the cops react to it?
Thanks, Kevin
i dont have a prob on my fire at all and it still passes inspection!
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thats why its called a 3rd break light
The 3rd brake light used to be an option part, now everyone has them. I know if your in NY, as long as you dont bring attention to yourself, you wont get a ticket, but then again, due to your year car, you wont pass inspection here without it.
Just ran across this old topic, and I thought I'd mention that this is a ridiculous and... oh yeah,
dangerous modification. Please do NOT do this!
Not only do third brake lights often add a nice touch to the styling of a car, they provide an important idiot- and panic-proof way to know for sure whether the car in front of you is braking - or for the driver behind your "modded" J-body to know that you're braking.
For this reason, CHMSL's (center-high-mounted stop lights) have been a
federal requirement on all vehicles in the US since the 80's. Passing a visual inspection doesn't mean that you can't get slapped with one
hell of a ticket at any time by any officer or trooper. I'm sure that anyone with a friend or family member who has died or been injured in a car accident can beat some sense into your head...
FieroGT42 wrote:Just ran across this old topic, and I thought I'd mention that this is a ridiculous and... oh yeah, dangerous modification. Please do NOT do this!
Not only do third brake lights often add a nice touch to the styling of a car, they provide an important idiot- and panic-proof way to know for sure whether the car in front of you is braking - or for the driver behind your "modded" J-body to know that you're braking.
For this reason, CHMSL's (center-high-mounted stop lights) have been a federal requirement on all vehicles in the US since the 80's. Passing a visual inspection doesn't mean that you can't get slapped with one hell of a ticket at any time by any officer or trooper. I'm sure that anyone with a friend or family member who has died or been injured in a car accident can beat some sense into your head...
The person following so closely behind a car that they can't tell if its slowing down is the real problem.
so then the reason the third brake light was added was to help out the idiot thats riding your a$$ know when its time to stop?
when i shaved my spoiler there was a couple weeks before i replaced my 3rd brake light, a few friends following me said they had a hard time knowing when my breaks came on at night unless they were paying attention to them when i pressed them
