| 摘要 |
Provided are an automatic alerting device and an automatic alerting method capable of producing an alert indicating that there has been a vehicle accident to those nearby the site of the accident. The automatic alerting device has: a state-detecting unit (20) for detecting a vehicle state; an accident-determining unit (31) for determining, on the basis of the vehicle state detected by the state-detecting unit (20), whether or not a vehicle accident has occurred; an alerting unit (40) for producing an alert to the outside of the vehicle; and a control unit (32) for controlling the alerting unit (40). The alerting unit (40) has: an alarm (42) that emits a sound to the outside of the vehicle; and a hazard lamp (43) that emits light on the outside of the vehicle. When the accident-determining unit (31) determines that there has been a vehicle accident, the control unit (32) makes the alarm (42) emit a sound and the hazard lamp (43) emit light. |
