HARD BRAKING TEST!! Emergency Brake Lights Flashing on Audi, Volkswagen, Seat & Skoda models.

Flashing Brake Lights while braking hard - Safety feature on many modern cars . When full braking is applied above a certain speed (ie. 80 km/h), the brake lights flash rapidly to give an extra visual warning to traffic behind. Immediately followed by the automatic hazard lights once the car has fully stopped.
Standard feature on all MQB-platform cars such as Volkswagen Golf 7, Audi A3, Skoda Octavia and, in this case, Seat Leon 5F. But obviously also on many other and/or newer VAG car models and many other car brands.
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[@knurtberkelson]

Is there an option to change the speed at which this works? On my 2018 VW it doesnt work... Just normal brake lights

[@dmhlados3615]

I'm not really sure on that, to be honest. I think it's standard on most "modern" models. It only works above a certain speed, though. Which I believe is about 80 KM/H. If it doesn't work on your car, maybe you can have it switched on/coded with VCDS.

[@vincentkingsdale8334]

What country is this in? I thought of this warning flashing brake light idea back in 2000 and contacted every major car manufacturer and electronics company, along with the national highway safety patrol in the US. I was 20 at the time, and all I wanted was for safer roads and less accidents. I even contacted insurance companies and told them about the way it could save them money with fewer crashes on the road. All I wanted monetarily was $5 for every new car sold with this technology. Now, i find out this became a reality! Any lawyers out there know if I have any grounds for any type of suit since i massed mailed my idea out to just about every company?

[@dmhlados3615]

They have been common here in Europe on cars from VAG (Audi, Volkswagen, Skoda, Seat for instance) but also on Mercedes and I think BMW. Not sure how long, but for 10+ years at least.
I remember reading somewhere that for legal reasons this was not allowed on US cars, but I can't remember why...
In my opinion it definitely shaves off valuable reaction time in the case of an emergency braking event for the cars following behind.