Vehicle warning system

A new and improved vehicle warning system for warning on-coming motorists of an important road condition and the approximate distance to the road condition, by use of a visual signalling device attached inside the windshield of the signaller's vehicle, the vehicle warning system comprising:

• an electrical circuit assembly having a plurality of front-facing different colored daylight-visible annunciator lamps thereon, the circuit assembly also having timer means for controlling the sequence and duration of the periods of lamp illumination whereby through selective periods of illuminating the different colored annunciator lamps an approximate distance to the important road condition being warned of may be ascertained by the oncoming motorist, the circuit assembly additionally having rear facing switch means for actuating and disabling the timer means;
• enclosure means for housing the circuit assembly, the enclosure means comprising:
• a cabinet having a top, sides, and a bottom, the cabinet being hollow, the cabinet having an angled open front approximately coplanar with a motor vehicle windshield whereby a hood is formed to shield annunciator lamp glare when the cabinet is mounted in a level position facing the inside of the windshield, the cabinet additionally having an open back, the cabinet further having means for mounting the circuit assembly;
• a front panel having a plurality of openings therethrough wherethrough the annunciator lamps are visible to the oncoming motorist, a rear panel having openings therethrough whereby the switch means may be activated;
• clamp means for removedly securely attaching the enclosure means to a vehicle's inside rear-view mirror so the angled cabinet front is in close proximity to and approximately coplanar with the inside surface of the vehicle's windshield;
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• an electrical power cable being operably connected from the electrical circuit assembly to a source of electrical power.