Vehicular throttle idle signal indication
CA 2424658 A1 · Owner: Currie, Joseph E. · Inventors: Currie, Joseph E.
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A new illuminated signal to following vehicle drivers is disclosed. This signal would, inform the driver of the following vehicle that the driver of the lead vehicle had removed, accelerator pedal pressure. The following vehicle driver may anticipate the deceleration, and braking of the lead vehicle. So fore-warned the driver of the following , vehicle may also remove accelerator pressure, preventing the following vehicle from inappropriately, approaching the rear of the lead vehicle and the need for heavy brake action. , This advance warning of lead vehicle deceleration and braking will decrease the reaction time, needed by following vehicle drivers to safely brake after the lead …
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- Filed March 17, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 17, 2023.
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