In driving home today I noticed a string of brake lights come on when a light ahead changed, and got to wondering- when was the brake light developed for cars? Obviously it had to wait till auto electrical systems came into use, but how soon after that?
When I learned to drive in the fifties, turn signals were just coming along- I believe they started in Europe. But even older cars had brake lights, so it must have been earlier than the forties.
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I have some German historic documents from 1924 until 1938. Find the first description in a schematic drawing from 1938.
Regards,
Ralf
Thanks, Ralf.
There have been lights of one form or another in use for longer than that, but I am not sure when *two* brake lights, one on each side of the car, became standard practice. Most older implementations were a single brake/running light.
Oddly enough, directional signals were still an option as late as 1955 (according to my Studebaker shop manual, parts book, etc.)
nate
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