Patent ID: 7132935

Claim:
A system permitting a single person to test the lights of a vehicle, wherein the lights are normally actuated by at least one light switch that is responsive to user operated control, the system comprising: a controller coupled to the lights for turning groups of lights ON and OFF in a predetermined light test sequence in response to a signal when predetermined vehicle safe-status criteria are met; vehicle status sensors coupled to the controller and configured to report to the controller the status of predetermined vehicle elements whose safe status is a prerequisite for testing the lights; and a plurality of switches each coupled to the controller and to at least one of the lights, wherein each of the switches is configured to turn the at least one of the lights ON or OFF in response a signal received from the controller: and wherein the plurality of switches comprise one or more remotely controllable switches coupled to and actuated by the controller, wherein the one or more remotely controllable switches are coupled in parallel with the at least one light switch so as to illuminate the lights without normal action by the user, when turned on by the controller.