An integrated system for automatic vehicle collision avoidance and warning
for vehicles operating on any highway or road system globally. The system
may be used to not only illuminate the brake lights on the following
vehicle but also to begin the application of braking pressure as a result
of analysis of the speed of the vehicle. The system includes an RFID
transponder (either active or passive) located in the rear and front of
the vehicle with discrete recognition capability as to vehicle proximity
and resulting action to be taken as a result of driver action. On the
vehicle either the brake lights will be illuminated ahead of any actual
driver action; an initial application of brake pressure as a result of
receiving a signal from the vehicle in front, the pressure which is
determined by analysis of the current speed of the vehicle or the system
will provide additional warning through brake light illumination to the
following vehicle with similar equipment and cruise control will be
disengaged. The system can be retrofitted into existing vehicles to
provide, at a minimum, brake light illumination indicating an action
being taken somewhere ahead of your vehicle. The system thereby warns and
prevents serious rear-end collisions at highway speeds especially where
vehicle size mismatch contributes to the inability of the following
driver to see activity in front of the car in front of him.