Straight-Ahead Vehicle Signal

An illumination device configured to signal an intended straight-ahead direction of a movement of a vehicle, the illumination device comprising:

• a plurality of LED strips mounted to a base, wherein each of said plurality of LED strips comprises a chevron shape, and further wherein each of said plurality of LED strips is mounted to said base in a vertical stack orientation with a space between each of said plurality of LED strips;
• a mounting mechanism attached to said base for mounting the illumination device to the vehicle, wherein said base and said mounting mechanism comprise a flexible material for mounting to a non-planar surface of the vehicle;
• and
• a timer for sequentially illuminating said plurality of LED strips in a repeating order starting with a lowermost LED chevron and sequentially illuminating another LED chevron directly above said lowermost LED chevron, wherein said timer simultaneously illuminates all of said plurality of LED strips after said sequentially illuminating.

A method of signaling an intended straight-ahead direction of travel for a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a flexible illumination device with a plurality of LED strips;
• mounting said plurality of LED strips to a base in a vertical stack orientation with a space between each of said plurality of LED strips;
• mounting said base to the vehicle;
• selectively illuminating said plurality of LED strips sequentially in a repeating order starting with a lowermost LED strip;
• sequentially illuminating second LED strip directly above said lowermost LED strip until reaching an uppermost LED strip;
• turning off all of said plurality of LED strips;
• and
• repeating said sequential illumination of said plurality of LED strips from said lowermost LED strip to said uppermost LED strip for a predeterminable period of time.