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Why haven't car manufacturers standardized automatic brake lights when a built in accelerometer detects deceleration? (lemmy.world)
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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Other than regen braking like everyone said (which really slows down a car almost effectively as brakes when set to the highest regen setting; look up "one pedal driving"), you can also slow down a car quite rapidly in a manual transmission if you skip a gear or two when downshifting. No brake lights come on when you do this, and honestly I think that they should.