Automotive lighting device and lighting system

A method of configuring a first lighting device on an automotive, the method comprising:

• situating the first lighting device below or between second lighting devices of the automotive, the first lighting device including a plurality of lighting elements, each lighting element of the lighting elements comprising one or more light emitting diodes, the lighting elements arranged in a row to form a luminous band and divided into groups including a first group and a second group, each group of the groups including two or more lighting elements of the lighting elements electrically connected in series on separate, directly adjacent boards, a first lighting element of a group directly electrically connected by more than one electrical wire to another lighting element of the group, the lighting elements of each group of the groups electrically connected in series to a ground wire;
• and
• connecting the lighting device, via a first connector, to a single lighting driver by first, second, and third pins, the first pin electrically connected to only the first group by a first wire, the second pin electrically connected to only the second group by a second wire, and the third pin electrically connected to both the first and second groups by the ground wire.