... Problem is at night when its not very friendly to the chap behind as the brake lights can be a bit bright...
Hi Freddy, since the third brake light came into existence on cars, I have been guilty of keeping all brake lights on when stationary at traffic lights, and I do not give a monkeys about the driver behind me getting blinded.
My reasoning is that there are so many distractions inside the cabin of a car nowadays, that when i am stationary
i do want the driver behind to get the best warning that i am stopped.
Up here in Scotland, we all do it, keeping our foot on the brake, I would say more than 90% do it now.
Its ok with most cars you do not get too blinded by glare, though some do have full width of car brake lights like the Audi TT, and they do blind you, so you have to look to the right or left, if behind one at the lights, to avoid the glare.
I have had to many close calls at being rammed up the back, even had one dosy swine in a car not realising to the last second I was stopped, and managed to swerve lanes and shoot past me to a screeching stop, that was a 'change of pants needed' day
So now I stick with all brake lights on when stopped.