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brake lights

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Brake lights are the red lights that turn on when you press the brake pedal, letting other drivers know you're slowing down.

Technical Definition

Brake lights are the red lamps on a vehicle that illuminate when the brake pedal is depressed, signaling to drivers behind that the car is slowing or stopping.

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"On the other hand, if Fred is driving the broken car in the front, and Frank steps on the brake, and he steps on, no, and he steps on the brake, the brother will see the brake lights..."

#2623: Virtual Dopeslaps The Best of Car Talk 13:53

"...so that the brake lights will work on and off and that thing was so fragile after 39 years that it just broke into a little tiny pieces..."

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"But when you take your foot off that accelerator, there's no brake lights."

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