Acceleration and deceleration lighting system.

If we can see the behavior of vehicles before, we can ensure a smoother driving style, fuel economy and above all a considerable reduction in the risk of accidents.
If we know that the vehicle is traveling at constant speed, we can use the automatic speed control and drive with less effort and fuel consumption. If we see that the vehicle in front accelerates we are now discouraged by the idea of trying to overtake him, and we can guess that the road beyond the vehicle itself is free and does not present any danger.
The assessment of changes in speed of vehicles ahead of us is entrusted exclusively to our senses, although there are systems that allow the car to automatically adjust distance and speed based on the cars before (eg on-board radar, which are very expensive and therefore not in common use), they are not able to indicate to other road users, vehicle behavior, and do not indicate the information also to the driver, but relying only communicate with a computer. On cars produced so far is not used as an indicator of acceleration. The deceleration is denoted by the red light stop, which does not indicate the intensity of the braking and even the possible slowdown due to the use of engine braking.
Traffic is something dynamic, made up of accelerations and decelerations. This "dynamism" is not a proper signaling through the normal rear lights. The device proposed here aims to overcome this limitation by allowing vehicles to easily and clearly indicate the intensity of vehicle speed. In the case of constant speed produces no signal. In the case of acceleration you will have a green light signals, while the deceleration is indicated by red lights. The intensity of the change in speed will be indicated by a greater number of lights on.
A first working prototype is already available, whose shapes and sizes are deliberately abundant for demonstration purposes the same. The device consists of a control unit and a display with two rows of LEDs, just red and green. The indicator of prototype is installed in the area of the rear window and looks like a third brake light in form, while, as size, goes from one end of the rear window. In fact, another useful device is to improve the location of the vehicle in case of poor visibility. Of course still remains the possibility of miniaturization and customization.
Through a special electronic protected by patent application, which uses an accelerometer, the controller communicates with the light intensity of the acceleration (greater acceleration corresponds to an increase in the number of LEDs lit) or deceleration (the behavior is similar, but the lights are red instead of green when it decelerates).
The advantages in terms of security are obvious: every driver would know not only what does the car in front, but also to what degree. This allows a greater readiness to handle emergency situations and improve driving conditions.

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[STEYOU76]

thanks, is what I hope.

[alecisherwood]

I love the idea. Is this being planned for wide use?

[STEYOU76]

@alecisherwood

[rvencat]

I had exactly the same idea in mind to design such a system. I'm delighted to see a working version already in place.