Safety system for backing-up a vehicle

摘要

A safety system is provided that will (i) operate automatically, regardless of distraction or error by the driver or the backover victim; (ii) operate unaffected by the blindspots that block the driver's view or background noise that block audible alarms for the driver or the backover victim; (iii) operate through an external activation, intentional or unintentional, by the potential backover victim or passerby; and/or (iv) remove driver discretion by causing the vehicle to stop upon activation of the safety system by the potential backover victim or passerby.

主权项

1. A safety mudflap system for a vehicle, comprising:
a mudflap having a front surface, a back surface, and surface for operably attaching the mudflap to a vehicle with an attachment mechanism; an alert device; a safety switch configured for an actuation by an application of a force to the back surface of the mudflap, wherein the actuation of the switch powers the alert device to alert a driver of the vehicle of the force applied to the back surface of the mudflap.