On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Steve wrote:

> > Pick your badness! Do you want the "brake, tail and turn signal functions
> > all lumped into one lamp, which can give only one signal at a time, and if
> > it fails, you lose all functions on that side" badness?
>
> My '69 has 3 lamps per side, actually. Built-in redundancy. Problem solved.

Halfassedly.

"If it fails, you lose all functions on that side" problem solved.

"Can give only one signal at a time" problem UNsolved. If all a
surrounding driver can see is one side or the other, and you are stepping
on the brakes AND signalling for a turn or lanechange in the direction of
the only rear lamp he can see, all he sees is your blinker, NOT your brake
light.Half the problem solved. And if you're being indecisive or stopping
on a slick road (pumping the brakes or simply getting on and off them) it
looks just like a turn signal. And if you're signalling for a turn or
lanechange AND getting on and off the brakes...