A vehicle exterior rearview system (3, 46) comprising: • a housing adapted for mounting to an exterior side (70a, 70b) of a vehicle (1, 40), the housing holding at least one of a reflective mirror surface and a display screen for displaying to a driver an image of the area to the side and rear of the vehicle; • one or more lighting modules disposed in and secured to said housing and providing at least one first lighting sector (L1 - L9) for implementing a turn-signal indicator and at least one second lighting sector (L1 - L9) for implementing additional illumination to the outside or inside of a vehicle (1, 40), the second lighting sector being adaptively controlled; and • a control system for receiving data input concerning: (a) vehicle status parameters from vehicle status sensors; and (b) the vehicle's environment conditions from environmental sensors; and (c) a user's intentions from a user input device; and for adaptively activating the second lighting sector (L1 - L9) in response to the data input, wherein the second lighting sector is an adaptive security light configured to display a message or an alert responsive to the data input received by the control system from the vehicle status sensors and the environmental sensors, the control system further includes a computer controller or a processor for receiving the data input from the environmental sensors detecting road conditions or proximity of an adjacent vehicle and from the vehicle status sensors detecting vehicle status parameters, and the user input device is a user's hand-held device, characterized in that the system is adapted such that the hand-held device communicates with an application "in the cloud" and the "cloud" application then communicates with the controller to deliver the user's intention signals, wherein the second lighting sector displays the illumination or the message responsive to the user's intention signals. • a housing adapted for mounting to an exterior side (70a, 70b) of a vehicle (1, 40), the housing holding at least one of a reflective mirror surface and a display screen for displaying to a driver an image of the area to the side and rear of the vehicle; • one or more lighting modules disposed in and secured to said housing and providing at least one first lighting sector (L1 - L9) for implementing a turn-signal indicator and at least one second lighting sector (L1 - L9) for implementing additional illumination to the outside or inside of a vehicle (1, 40), the second lighting sector being adaptively controlled; and • a control system for receiving data input concerning: (a) vehicle status parameters from vehicle status sensors; and (b) the vehicle's environment conditions from environmental sensors; and (c) a user's intentions from a user input device; and for adaptively activating the second lighting sector (L1 - L9) in response to the data input, receiving data input concerning: (a) vehicle status parameters from vehicle status sensors; and (b) the vehicle's environment conditions from environmental sensors; and (c) a user's intentions from a user input device; and (a) vehicle status parameters from vehicle status sensors; and (b) the vehicle's environment conditions from environmental sensors; and (c) a user's intentions from a user input device; and for adaptively activating the second lighting sector (L1 - L9) in response to the data input, the second lighting sector is an adaptive security light configured to display a message or an alert responsive to the data input received by the control system from the vehicle status sensors and the environmental sensors, the control system further includes a computer controller or a processor for receiving the data input from the environmental sensors detecting road conditions or proximity of an adjacent vehicle and from the vehicle status sensors detecting vehicle status parameters, and the user input device is a user's hand-held device, characterized in that the system is adapted such that the hand-held device communicates with an application "in the cloud" and the "cloud" application then communicates with the controller to deliver the user's intention signals, wherein the second lighting sector displays the illumination or the message responsive to the user's intention signals.