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issues install flashing module a car 3rd brake light

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sokoloff:

--- Quote from: james_s on July 02, 2019, 02:43:30 am ---People messing with their mobile phones while driving is an epidemic that now kills as many people as drunk driving.
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That seemed interesting enough to poke for some data, so I went looking.

It seems like distracted driving is about 30% as deadly as drunk driving in the US.

NHTSA estimates 10,874 deaths in US from DUI in 2017
NHTSA estimates 3,166 deaths in US from distracted driving in 2017

james_s:

--- Quote from: sokoloff on July 02, 2019, 12:05:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: james_s on July 02, 2019, 02:43:30 am ---People messing with their mobile phones while driving is an epidemic that now kills as many people as drunk driving.
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That seemed interesting enough to poke for some data, so I went looking.

It seems like distracted driving is about 30% as deadly as drunk driving in the US.

NHTSA estimates 10,874 deaths in US from DUI in 2017
NHTSA estimates 3,166 deaths in US from distracted driving in 2017

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Interesting, now I'm wondering what statistic I saw? Maybe it's the number of accidents rather than the number of deaths? Whatever the case it has reached epidemic levels and continues to increase. I see it every day, I've been the victim of it myself, I know plenty of other people who have been rear ended by someone who was texting or messing with their phone. It's such an easily preventable and entirely unnecessary thing too, just put the damn phone down and drive. If it's such a powerful addiction then put it in the glove box. It's reaching the point where I think it should be illegal to have a mobile phone within reach of the driver just like an open container of alcohol. Causing an accident due to distracted driving ought to be a criminal offense, fine of at least $10k, felony if it injures somebody. Maybe if getting caught messing with your phone while driving means a $600-$1200 ticket people will start to take a hint. I mean I see it myself numerous times every day and it's getting absurd. A while back some guy nearly mowed me down in a crosswalk as he rolled along staring down at the phone in his hand, he passed by about 2 feet away from me as I stared right at him and his eyes never came up until he had passed the crosswalk. I was wishing I had a shopping cart with me, I'd have let it go to roll in front of him.

wojtek077:

--- Quote from: forrestc on July 02, 2019, 06:25:53 am ---
Can you clarify what type of bulbs are in use in the third brake light.  What type of car?

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Led 5 I think 2016 Focus st

--- Quote ---If this is a modern car with LED's you might find that this isn't going to work since the body control module may include some LED driver circuitry in it.   

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Yeah that's problem but some people got it to work tho. In this video he's using the cheaper version of my module the s1. I contacted the seller he said that it's the same module but without the options for adjusting flashing and speed.
https://youtu.be/4CWib_Ncu6Q

--- Quote ---Have you measured across the third brake light when it is powered on (i.e. brake pedal depressed)?   Is it 12V on and 0V off?

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I think that's the problem goes down to 3v. I think module stays on and doesn't reset because of the 3v. Here's my video of my car
https://youtu.be/Q9VJwAxUtEE

wojtek077:

--- Quote from: SparkyFX on July 02, 2019, 05:35:58 am ---The output to the third brake light might be PWM controlled anyway.

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Yeah it might be, I just don't have a oscilloscope to test it.

wojtek077:
 Uber and Lyft I hate to say but helped with drunk driving.  DUI keeps getting  more  and more expansive which is a good thing. I got a feeling that cellphones the next new addition to the DUI. I was driving on the highway one night this girl going 70mph looking at her phone for good few seconds. My friend does road side assistance and his car's straight piped super load so he always goes next to car tell them to put phone down. He will speed up and slow down  so kind he of forces them to put the phone down lol.

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