There has been a bit of discussion recently about the requirement for rear lights. I have always read the blue book as saying that you need them, but they have never seemed to enforce this rule, until now. Also, having somewhat thought that I might like to enter other races from time to time, having brake lights is a must, so I am going to put them on. I can always take them off if the rules are modified to save weight. While I was thinking about this I thought that I might aswell have some indicators, as when doing a driver change indicating that you are pulling in has got to at least give the chap behind some clue as to what you are doing!

I have decided to go for LED lights. They are a little more expensive, but should be much more rugid, and as there are no bulb connections to get right, this should help aswell! So the first item on the list was to work out how far apart to space them!

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