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Question 6536

A newly manufactured passenger car, how many brake lights must it have?

  1. Two, at the outer edges, with a third light in the center being optional.
  2. Four, two on each outer edge, with a fifth light in the center being optional.
  3. Three; two at the outer edges and one raised in the center.
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Correct answer: Three; two at the outer edges and one raised in the center.

Since October 2000, new passenger cars have had three brake lights: two red ones at the rear outer edges and a third one higher up in the center. On a modern passenger car, the third light is not optional. In the image, the green passenger car is braking at a red traffic light with all three on.

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