Vehicle brake light system and vehicle comprising same

A vehicle brake light system, comprising:

• a brake light assembly including a plurality of lights each configured for being selectively illuminated through the application of electrical power;
• a braking effort sensing apparatus configured for sensing a relative degree of braking effort corresponding to applied braking force within a brake system of a motor vehicle, converts the relative degree of braking effort to a corresponding electrical signal and provides the corresponding electrical signal to the brake light assembly;
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• an electrical power output apparatus electrically connected between the braking effort sensing apparatus and said lights of the brake light assembly, wherein the electrical power output apparatus causes electrical power to be selectively applied to at least a portion of said lights dependent upon the corresponding electrical signal and wherein the electrical power output apparatus causes electrical power to be intermittently applied to at least a portion of said lights during at least one of a prescribed braking effort upper threshold being sensed by the braking effort sensing apparatus and the electrical power output apparatus receiving a signal corresponding to the motor vehicle being stopped.

A motor vehicle, comprising:

• a brake system controller configured for outputting a brake effort signal proportional to a relative degree of braking effort;
• a plurality of braking effort intensity indication lights each configured for being selectively illuminated through the application of electrical power;
• an alert light configured for being selectively illuminated through the application of electrical power;
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• a brake light controller electrically connected to the brake system controller, said braking effort intensity indication lights and the alert light, wherein the brake light controller causes electrical power to be selectively applied to at least a portion of said braking effort intensity indicating lights dependent upon the braking effort signal and wherein the brake light controller causes electrical power to be intermittently applied to the alert light during at least one of the braking effort signal corresponding to a prescribed braking effort upper threshold being sensed by the brake system controller and the brake light controller receiving a signal corresponding to the motor vehicle being stopped.