Just because you personally aren't affected by dazzling bright brake lights - it doesn't mean that everyone else isn't
Deja Vu from a previous thread:
Not dazzling the driver behind with bright brake lights, falls under 2 categories:
1. Consideration
2. Good Practice/Advisory
Agreed that if you are the last in the long line of traffic, its sensible to keep your brake lights on until someone else draws up behind.
The wording in the Highway Code is "should" (as opposed to "must") - which is where the good practice/advisory comes in. It is good practice, but because its mentioned as a "should" in the highway code, means, that if it were to be shown as a contributory factor in an incident, you could be prosecuted for it (under a relevant Act),
eg: You "should" not cross/enter hatched area bordered by a broken white line - it's legal to do so, but, if it can be shown that it is a contributory factor in an incident, you can be prosecuted. On the other hand, you "must" not cross/enter a hatched area bordered by a solid white line.
But just because you personally aren't affected by dazzling bright brake lights - it doesn't mean that everyone else isn't
As you get older, macular degeneration sets in, and cataracts, and these conditions make you much more susceptible to starbursts, halos and glare in your eyesight, particularly in
night vision.
We've had 3 pages of this already, in this thread
http://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threads/hold-assist-and-brake-lights.209289/