Brake Lights Tester

[paul1763]

while looking for something with my mate in his workshop a couple of hours ago, we came across a pair of brand new key fobs sealed in a bag which i though were for a car alarm, they both lit up when button was pressed,also they both said 'Brake Aware' and on the back it said remote brake light tester, we assumed you stood behind the car,pressed the button and somehow the lights came on. nothing happened as expected.just wondered if any of you had seen this thing before? have just tried google but found nothing. i thought there maybe something that should have conected to the brake light switch.

[Buenchico]

Quote:
"I saw gizmos like this at the Dayton HamVention . . . for about $15 to $20.

They were advertised as a "Remote Brake Light Tester" . . . just aim it at
that speeding car that blew-past you, push the button, and "test" his/her
brake lights :-) "

That's from a 1994 thread about devices which simulate radar beams, so that other drivers (with speed camera detection equipment in their cars) are fooled into thinking that there's a speed trap in the area and apply their brakes in a hurry.

Source:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.consumers/RzgI3YLpk1c[126-150]
(That's page 6 of a 7-page thread).

So perhaps that's what you've found?

[paul1763]

thank for the answer Buenchico, obviously a silly load of rubbish, it went into the bin anyway, going totaly off subject when you mention Hamvention am i right in assuming you are an 'A' or 'B' Licensee? as i hold an 'A' License.

[Buenchico]

The HamVention reference was simply the result of a bit of Googling.

However I passed my RAE in 1970, when I was in the 6th form at school, after many years as an SWL. I fully intended to go on to take the Morse test, and to take out a full licence, but alas the problems of paying my way through college (with all that beer to be drunk!) prevented me from doing so.

I checked the OfCom website recently and, amazingly, my RAE pass still seems to be valid, so if I ever come into some money I might still take out a licence.

Incidentally, when I was 14 I was thinking about what callsign it would be great to have. So I looked up callsigns such as G3HAM and G8HAM, to see if anyone owned them. The callsign that I regarded as the most attractive though was G3YLS (G3 Wireless), so I looked that one up too, to see that it was registered to Yew Lane School in Sheffield. I forgot all about it until I started my teaching career 8 years later. I'm sure you can guess where!
;-)