U.S. mandatory stuff

[Psycho Bob <honge@creighton.edu>]

> > ...And the infamous USA mandated third brake light is now standard
> > equipment on all Audis worldwide. Just the thing for chain reaction
> > autobahn pileups, I have often wondered why the Germans never saw
> > the value in the CHMSL.
> 
> I had heard that the center brake light was technically illegal in Europe
> (specifically Germany and Switzerland), but recently the Danes have been
> putting on aftermarket ones on their cars, and some Japanese models have had
> them built in. (don't know whether they were operational when new...)

Of the silly things that U.S. government had mandated, I thought the 
third brake light is one of the useful things to come out of it.

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