Vehicle side lighting arrangement

A vehicle comprising:

• a front, a rear, a first side, and a second side;
• a passenger door located at the first side, the passenger door comprising an interior door handle and a door handle sensor;
• and
• a light capable of emitting light from the first side;
• and
• a controller in communication with the door handle sensor and the light;
• wherein the controller causes the light to emit light from the first side when the controller, based on data from the door handle sensor, determines that a hand of a passenger is touching the interior door handle, to provide either a visual warning to another moving vehicle that the passenger door will open or a visual reminder to the passenger to look for another object that is traveling in a path that the first door would impede if opened, or both.

A vehicle comprising:

• an interior, a front, a rear, a first side, a second side, and a first passenger door at the first side;
• a first light capable of emitting light from either the first passenger door or below the first passenger door;
• and
• a controller in communication with the first light;
• wherein the controller causes the first light to emit light blinking light alternating between a first color and a second color from either the first passenger door or below the first passenger door when the controller determines that the vehicle intends to turn in a direction of the first side, to provide visual warning that the vehicle intends to turn in the direction of the first side.