what are adaptive brake lights?

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03-26-2014, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by RFS

Another safety measure is, with your low beams on, to hit the 'rear fog light' button. I've driven into rainstorms on the interstate where you can't see five feet in front of you. I'm always aware that someone could plow into me. That little bit of extra light will shine a bit further when your not blinking or hitting the brake lights.

They call it a "rear fog light" but define its use to be used in situations of "reduced visibility". Rain and spray is a perfect example of its usefulness. Those situations also reflect the stupidity of using red turn signals; when driving on a busy freeway with lots of spray from the cars you can frequently only see a portion of the cars ahead of you so when a red light comes on you then have to guess as to whether the driver turned on his rear fog light, turned on his turn signal or braked hard.

Adaptive Brake lights and amber turn signals should be the law, not an option.

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11-20-2019, 01:49 AM

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Whoa!!! I have to learn all of this. Can someone guide me with this VAG stuff for a 2014 S4? I see a lot of mods listed like VIM, Adaptive Break, Needle Sweet, all of which would be nice.

So is there a kit I can buy with all the mods?

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Originally Posted by snagitseven

Actually, I believe you can add the emergency braking behavior with the VCDS Vag-Com:

Enable Adaptive brake lights
[46 - Comfort System] [Coding - 07] -> Long Coding Helper -> Byte 8
Bit 0 – Emergency Brake Flashing via Turn Lights active - check box
Bit 1 – Emergency Brake Flashing via Brake Lights active - check box