RUNNING STATUS REPORTING DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To notice the presence of a driver of a vehicle contributing to the environmental protection of the earth.

SOLUTION: A display unit is provided for a vehicle equipped with an economy running system which stops an engine automatically when the vehicle is stopped at a red light of an intersection or the like and restarts the engine when an accelerator pedal is depressed to restart running. This display unit includes a sensor for detecting a status of the engine 100, an idle stop lamp 1000 for displaying information so as to be recognized by a person outside the vehicle, and a computer 400 for displaying the idle stop lamp 1000 so as to inform the outside person that the engine 100 is in an idling stop status based on the running status of the engine 100 detected by the sensor.

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