On Sat, 13 Feb 2016 14:12:48 -0700, rbowman
wrote:

On 02/13/2016 09:51 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

The purpose of the DRL is to help see the car coming at you. If it is
going away from you it won't hit you.

No, but if you're a soccer mom putting on your lipstick, you might hit
it. The more lights the better was the rationale for the extra stop light.
No, the rational for the "high level brake light" was it can be seen
over or through the car ahead of you, giving more warning about what
is going on ahead. You can't see the brake lights of the vehicles 2 or
3 cars ahead through the solid bodies of the vehicles between you and
the vehicle braking.

You CAN see the high mounted brake light.