摘要 |
A preferred vehicle alerter vehicle apparatus (10) for connection to a monitored vehicle (12) includes a plurality of distance sensors (40-54), a speed sensor (16) and a steering wheel sensor (20), a pair of auxiliary head lamps (36, 38) and a pair of auxiliary rear lamp units (28, 30) each including an amber light (32) and red light (34) lamp, and a display screen (24), all connected to a central controller (14). The distance sensors (40-54) present a display on the screen (24) to the driver of the monitored vehicle (12) indicating the distance to a second vehicle and indicating whether the second vehicle is forward or rearward of the monitored vehicle (12), and whether the second vehicle is in the left, center or right lane relative to the monitored vehicle (12). The controller (14) activates the rear lamp assembly (18) if the monitored vehicle (12) is decelerating even when the brake pedal is not pushed, and flashes the head lamps (36, 38) when the monitored vehicle (12) is travelling at an excessive speed. The controller (14) also flashes a corresponding head lamp (36, 38) when the steering wheel is turned. |