Blink lamp for vehicles

Blink lamp for a motor vehicle for being arranged at a corner of the vehicle, at a side, next to a headlight (1) of the vehicle, with a light source (3) arranged in an interior of a housing (2), said blink lamp providing a legally-prescribed light value distribution directed toward the motor vehicle middle requiring visibility at angles of up to around 45° to either side of the vehicle middle with a light-transmissive cover panel (4) covering the housing (2) that is free of optical elements for substantially modifying a direction of light traveling therethrough and with a prismatic light element (5) arranged on a side of the blink lamp (10 or 11) to be next to the headlight (1) directing beams of light from the light source (3) toward the side, wherein the prismatic light element (5) is arranged adjacent to an inside of the light-transmissive cover panel (4) and bends beams of light (6) coming directly from the light source (3) toward the light-transmissive cover panel (4) and toward a side of the blink lamp to be next to the headlight (1),

• wherein the prismatic light element (5) is an elongated member with a light input face (7) thereof being directed toward the light source (3);
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• wherein the prismatic light element (5) is formed as an edge section (9) of a transparent light panel (16) having other optical elements thereon, which is mounted in a side wall (17) of the housing defining an interior of the blink lamp (10 or 11), the transparent light panel extending substantially in a direction of light output of the blink lamp (10 or 11).