[alfa] brake light upgrade

["Brad Mitchell" <bradmit@xxxxxxx>]

I may be telling my age here, but I believe that there was a brake light
product that used to be advertised in the back of R&T , MotorTrend, etc that
was designed specifically to flash a supplemental brake light with a variable
frequency and/or intensity based upon the amount of pressure applied to the
brake pedal.  It was available in the 60's and 70's I believe possibly under
the trade name of "CyberLight" or some similar spelling.  It was pre-3rd brake
light legislation and mounted basically where the 3rd brake lights would now
be found, in the rear window or on the trunk lid.  I assumed that, since this
was all "pre-digital " as well, that the product operated from a pressure
switch, either in the brake line or attached to the brake pedal in some
fashion.  I believe that their marketing claimed that cab drivers used them to
great effect in city traffic.  I did a Google search, but apparently they are
no more, or my memory is bad, but did find a site
http://www.wixtools.com/html/led_lighting.html that offers LED cluster bulbs
designed to fit in conventional incandescent bulb sockets, so you may be able
to use for increased brightness, though apparently they don't have the
variable strobe effect that older concept offered.  Does anyone else out there
admit to being old enough to remember these ads?
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