Systems and methods are disclosed to promote safe defensive driving by maintaining an adequate separation distance between vehicles. In some embodiments, a subject vehicle may include an anti-tailgating system configured to detect a following vehicle, measure the separation distance between vehicles, and activate a distinctive signaling device. A sequence of increasingly urgent distinctive signaling devices may be activated according to a series of predetermined threshold values corresponding to the separation distance, the speed of the subject vehicle, the relative speed of the tailgating vehicle, the condition of the road surface, and others. The distinctive signaling devices may comprise lights with a distinctive color or shape or position, a text message presented upon the rear of the subject vehicle, among many other distinctive signaling options. The anti-tailgating system may save lives by reminding drivers to leave adequate separation distance between vehicles.
ANTI-TAILGATING SYSTEM
2020-04-16
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion |
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