Motor vehicle headlight with an intelligent motorway flasher

A controller (7) for controlling a motor vehicle headlight (10) comprising a lighting device (3, 5) configured to produce a headlamp flasher signaling function, wherein:

• the controller is configured, upon activation of the headlamp flasher signaling function, to control the lighting device (3, 5) so that the lighting device (3, 5) produces a headlamp flasher light distribution in the form of a high beam light distribution (LHV) for a defined period of time in an area in front of the lighting device (3, 5) or in an area in front of a vehicle (10),
• the controller (7) is configured to receive road information from a road detection device (6, 6′), wherein the road information comprises (i) information about whether a roadway (FB) being traveled by the vehicle (10) is a one-way road that can only be traveled in one direction of travel (R) and whether the roadway (FB) has one or more lanes (FS1, FS2, FS3), and/or (ii) information about whether the roadway (FB) being traveled by the vehicle (10) is a one-way road that can only be traveled in one direction of travel (R) and how many lanes (FS1, FS2, FS3) the road (FB) has,
• the controller (7) is configured to receive object information from an object detection system (6) that observes a surrounding area in front of the lighting device (3, 5) or the vehicle (10), wherein the object information comprises (i) information about whether a vehicle object is located in front of the vehicle (10) in a lane (FS1) that is the same as the one being traveled by the vehicle (10) and at what distance the vehicle object is located from the vehicle and/or (ii) information about where on the roadway (FB) the vehicle object is located when viewed in a direction of travel (R) from the vehicle (10) and at what distance (d) from the vehicle (10) the vehicle object is located, and
• the controller (7), upon activation of the headlamp flasher signaling function, is configured such that when
• the vehicle (10) is located on a one-way road (FB) that can only be traveled in one direction (R) with two or more lanes (FS1, FS2, FS3), and
• the lane (FS1) of the vehicle (10) has the vehicle object located in front of the vehicle (10),
• the controller (7) controls the lighting device (3, 5) to produce a modified headlamp flasher light distribution comprising a modified high beam light distribution (LHV′) that illuminates only one or more subareas (LHV′) of an area (LHV) illuminated by the headlamp flasher light distribution to produce for a defined time duration the modified high beam light distribution (LHV′) to illuminate only the vehicle object driving in front and in the same lane (FS1) as the vehicle (10).