Comments by "Scum42" (@Scum42) on "Electric cars prove we need to rethink brake lights" video.

  1. I'm not sure I agree with the idea that using an accelerometer for the brake lights is "overthinking it". I think it's actually perfect. Yes there's the fully-stopped problem, but then with an accelerometer and speed reading, all you need is: [ if (above negative-g threshold OR speed is zero OR brake pedal is pressed any amount): turn on brake lights ] This covers every current slowing system, and is forward compatible to every possible slowing system that could ever exist (I think), including some kind of catastrophic malfunction. To me, that seems like the perfect amount of thinking, especially because using the accelerator pedal whenever it requests braking means the software needs to recognize when that is happening (which, to be fair, it must already do to make the regen braking work at all, but the systems might not be communicating enough for that) which might be more complicated.
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