Riding fixed gear is like driving without brake lights

Are you are car driver?

I'm pretty sure driving instructors teach that you gear down to slow down... Cars being a form of fixed wheel after all. (At least they did in the 90's... Snotters?)

So in fact slowing using a fixed wheel is the same as slowing a car by reducing pressure on the accelerator or gearing down. (Which doesn't involve brake lights)

Current practice is to brake not go through the gears.