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dfwjim1 wrote:Hello everyone,
I am curious as to why aircraft are not equipped with exterior rear brake lights? It seems like brake lights would a useful safety item especially when an aircraft is operating out of a busy airport.
arcticcruiser wrote:Can I have a really loud horn too? Could come in handy…
dfwjim1 wrote:I am curious as to why aircraft are not equipped with exterior rear brake lights? It seems like brake lights would a useful safety item especially when an aircraft is operating out of a busy airport.
AirKevin wrote:dfwjim1 wrote:I am curious as to why aircraft are not equipped with exterior rear brake lights? It seems like brake lights would a useful safety item especially when an aircraft is operating out of a busy airport.
Not really sure what the benefit would be, really. Given how far the plane ahead might be, how big would these brake lights have to be for the plane behind to see them. Even then, where would you put them. The back of a plane doesn't exactly have a large surface area that's flat. Additionally, planes aren't generally taxiing all that fast to where you couldn't stop quickly if needed.
kalvado wrote:Was there ever a rear-end accident for the planes?
I can certainly remember wingtip events of various severity, there are some pushback accidents - but I don't remember anything about occupied cockpit damage in ground collision.