Merc1

A co-worker just came in and told me that my passenger side brake lights were on. Of course when I got out the car a few minutes ago I turned the light switch too far to the left, instead of the center. For those not familiar with Benzology there are 2 positions to the left of the off position, one to turn on the right side lights and one for the left. My question is what the hell is such a feature for? Wimmer? Yaz? Anyone? I've asked this question on MBWorld and no one could really give me an answer.

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BMW_Dude

I'm just guessing here, but is so depending on which side of the road you're parked on, the lights can be seen, if you get what I mean!

Merc1

Interesting, but I can't see why you would need to have your lights on in such a situation?

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The Emperor

Because there are roads/streets with no public lights at all and it happens that you park the car there, so you'd like others to know there's a car to avoid eventual contact/crash at night.

The Artist

yep its a parking light..
and your chose side depending on your position on the street

or you can switch em really fast..and fantasize that your driving a cop car

Merc1

Why not just your flashers if you're parked on a dark road?

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BMW_Dude

Thinking about it, on my car, the way you change which side the parking lights are on, are if you were indicating in a direction, the other side lights come on. Wonder why Mercs make it harder to use this function!

The Emperor

Their lamps use more el. enregy.

Mirage77

I've never heard of such a feature, interesting.

In our car if the indicator stalk is accidentally engaged, the brake lights will turn on on the side which the indicator stalk is turned to. I'm not sure if we're referring to the same thing.

cawimmer430

Some people nailed it.

It's for those times when you are parking in a dark place and want your car to be seen by the traffic that passes through. What happens is that a section of your front headlights and rear lights are lightly illuminated - enough to be seen, not to strong to consume too much battery power. And depending on which side of the road you park on, you can choose to activate the lights on your left or right side.

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