Activate/deactivate functionality in response to environmental conditions

An apparatus for executing an event pertaining to a vehicle and a user of the vehicle, comprising:

• (a) means for detecting that a motion state of the vehicle is in a first state;
• (b) means for detecting a condition that warrants a change in the motion state of the vehicle to a second state, the condition comprising an expected change in a status of a traffic light;
• (c) means for detecting an engagement of the user of the vehicle in an activity that impairs the user from performing an action to change the motion state of the vehicle to the second state;
• means, in response to (a) detecting that the motion state of the vehicle is in the first state, (b) detecting the condition, and (c) detecting the user of the vehicle's engagement in the activity, for executing an event to facilitate the change in the motion state of the vehicle to the second state;
• (d) means for detecting an obstacle in front of the vehicle;
• and
• means, in response to (d), for preventing an accelerator input from the user and communicating by having taillights displaying a pattern to another vehicle behind the vehicle, the pattern indicating the detection of the obstacle.

A system for executing an event pertaining to a vehicle and a user of the vehicle, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium coupled to the processor, the computer readable medium comprising code, executable by the processor, for implementing a method comprising:
• (a) detecting that a motion state of the vehicle is in a first state;
• (b) detecting a condition that warrants a change in the motion state of the vehicle to a second state, the condition comprising an expected change in a status of a traffic light;
• (c) detecting an engagement of the user of the vehicle in an activity that impairs the user from performing an action to change the motion state of the vehicle to the second state;
• in response to (a) detecting that the motion state of the vehicle is in the first state, (b) detecting the condition, and (c) detecting the user of the vehicle's engagement in the activity, executing an event to facilitate the change in the motion state of the vehicle to the second state;
• (d) detecting an obstacle in front of the vehicle;
• and
• in response to (d), preventing an accelerator input from the user and communicating by having taillights displaying a pattern to another vehicle behind the vehicle, the pattern indicating the detection of the obstacle.