Motor vehicle tail light assembly with dimmer controller

A light assembly for rear mounted, eye level use with motor vehicles, comprising,

• housing means,
• a plurality of light emitting devices mounted in said housing means,
• lens cover means mounted at said housing means and comprising a plurality of sections having different colors whereby a selected color indication is produced when at least one of said plurality of light emitting devices is selectively activated,
• said color indication having a recognized conventional safety characteristic to motorists,
• reflector means disposed in said housing means adjacent to said light emitting devices for reflecting light from said light devices outwardly through said lens cover means,
• control means for selectively activating said plurality of light emitting devices,
• said control means includes switch means for selectively activating at least one of said light emitting devices to signal to the driver of a following motor vehicle that the headlights thereof are on high beam,
• sensor means mounted at said housing means and connected to said control means,
• said sensor means operative to activate said switch when the headlights of a following motor vehicle are on high beam, and
• indicator means passing through said housing means whereby activation of one of more of said light emitting devices can be detected from the back said housing means.