A system provides for strobing or high conspicuity signaling with vehicle hazard and other lights depending upon inputs and parameters.

Methods and systems for providing Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) warnings and/or other types of information to an occupant of a motor vehicle are provided. Warning lights can be provided around the perimeter of a shape that represents the perimeter of the vehicle from a top-view perspective. Lights around the shape can be lit to convey a sense of the area of danger and/or the direction from which danger is approaching.

Methods and systems for providing Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) warnings and/or other types of information to an occupant of a motor vehicle are provided. Warning lights can be provided around the perimeter of a shape that represents the perimeter of the vehicle from a top-view perspective. Lights around the shape can be lit to convey a sense of the area of danger and/or the direction from which danger is approaching.

A vehicle broadcasts a lane change intent message indicating parameters of a maneuver to be performed by the vehicle operating as a main traffic participant vehicle, the maneuver requiring use of a road resource. Response messages are received from recipient vehicles indicating approval or disapproval of performance of the maneuver. Responsive to one of the recipient vehicles returning a response message indicating conflict with use of the road resource required for performance of the maneuver, a conflict resolution procedure is performed between the main traffic participant vehicle and the conflicted recipient vehicle, the conflict resolution procedure using a pre-agreed identical conflict resolution algorithm executed on each of the main traffic participant vehicle and the conflicted recipient vehicle to each make a same distributed decision whether to proceed with the maneuver.

A tailgating detection and notification assembly for reducing vehicle collisions includes a sensor and a notification module that are mountable to a vehicle. The sensor is proximity type and can detect entry of a following vehicle into a tailgating range. The notification module comprises a microprocessor and a display. The sensor and the notification module are mountable so that the sensor and the display are rear facing. The microprocessor is operationally coupled to the sensor and the display and thus is positioned to selectively actuate the display upon receipt of a signal from the sensor when the following vehicle enters the tailgating range. The display selectively presents a tailgating notification to a driver of the following vehicle.

A vehicle rooftop beacon for drawing attention to a vehicle from afar. The rooftop beacon includes a base, and a light beacon elevatable above the base by an extendable mast. The base also has at least three support feet to stabilize the rooftop beacon when placed upon a vehicle rooftop. The light beacon is thereby supported high above the vehicle rooftop so that the vehicle is more visible to emergency response vehicles from far away. The base can also include a plurality of side-mounted or edge-mounted lights to further call attention to the vehicle. The rooftop beacon is convenient, portable, and lightweight. The support feet can include magnets or weights to stabilize the rooftop beacon on the vehicle rooftop in windy or stormy conditions. The support feet also can include a soft foot covering, such as rubber, to prevent scratching and slipping off of the surface of the vehicle rooftop.

The vehicle control system/method for adapting a control function based on a user profile may comprise: a gesture recognition module; a user profile module; a function control module; a processor; a non-transitory storage element coupled to the processor; encoded instructions stored in the non-transitory storage element, wherein the encoded instructions when implemented by the processor, configure the system to: identify a user; retrieve a user profile for the identified user; receive at a gesture recognition module, an input indicating a gesture from the user; identify a control function request corresponding to the gesture input; send a verification of the control function request; and receive at a function control module characteristics parsed from the user profile that effect the control function request by the user profile module to adapt a control function command for an adapted control function output by the function control module.

Disclosed is a directional warning light designed to bend along its longitudinal axis up to about 30° so as to conform to curved vehicle surfaces. Flexible components of the disclosed embodiments allow the bending and include a bendable optic, bendable base, and bendable circuit substrate.

Disclosed is a directional warning light designed to bend along its longitudinal axis up to about 30° so as to conform to curved vehicle surfaces. Flexible components of the disclosed embodiments allow the bending and include a bendable optic, bendable base, and bendable circuit substrate.

A method is provided for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle in a traffic situation with regard to objects relevant to the traffic situation. The motor vehicle has at least one environment sensor directed towards the forefield of the motor vehicle, at least one driver sensor designed to detect the line of sight and fixation of the driver's eyes, and at least one headlight having a controllably variable spatial illumination pattern. The method includes detecting, classifying, and locating objects in the forefield of the motor vehicle to determine a first object list having the object data associated with the detected objects. The method also includes determining objects, which were detected and not detected by the driver, in order to generate a second object list of undetected objects. The method also includes illuminating the at least one illuminated object in a targeted manner using the at least one headlight to notify the driver about the illuminated object.