Patent ID: 6445289
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
An emergency braking alert system comprising:a vehicle having a braking system and a speedometer; a microcontroller coupled to said vehicle, said microcontroller being operationally coupled to said braking system for monitoring use of said braking system for rapidly decelerating said vehicle; said microcontroller further being operationally coupled to said speedometer of said vehicle for monitoring a speed of said vehicle; a strobing light operationally coupled to said microcontroller, said microcontroller activating said strobing light when said braking system rapidly decelerates said vehicle and said vehicle speed is above a pre-determined minimum speed when said braking system is initially employed; said vehicle including a brake light, said strobing light being positioned adjacent said brake light; and a deflection member coupled to said vehicle adjacent to said strobing light, said deflection member being positioned above said strobing light such that light radiating from said strobing light is directed substantially downwardly whereby said deflection member is adapted for preventing said strobing light from shining directly in eye of a person in a vicinity proximate said strobing light.