Vehicle emergency flasher control system

Abstract

An emergency flasher control system for a host vehicle includes a plurality of sensors, a memory, and an electronic controller. The plurality of sensors is configured to detect information related to the host vehicle. The information includes a speed of the host vehicle and a location of the host vehicle. The memory is configured to store a plurality of events configured to activate an emergency flasher. The electronic controller is configured to determine a current jurisdiction in which the host vehicle is currently located, determine an emergency flasher requirement associated with the current jurisdiction, determine whether the information received from the plurality of sensors matches one of the stored plurality of events, activate an emergency flasher of the host vehicle upon determining that the received information matches one of the stored plurality of events, and preventing activation of the emergency flasher based on the jurisdictional requirement.

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