Brake light control device

A brake light control device used with a brake device which can control a braking force according to a signal from a brake control unit regardless of an operation of a brake operator operated by a driver, the brake light control device comprising:

• a brake light switch that is inserted and arranged into an electrical connection path between a power supply and a brake light, and is opened and closed together with the operation of the brake operator;
• a switching switch that is inserted and arranged into the electrical connection path between the power supply and the brake light, the switching switch being directly connected to the brake light switch, and being opened and closed in response to braking force control by the brake control unit;
• a blinking switch that is connected in parallel to the switching switch and the brake light switch;
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• a brake light blinking control unit that, when the brake light is required to be blinked depending on an emergency stoplamp system driving instruction, is configured to keep the switching switch in an OFF state, and blink the brake light by repeatedly switching on and off the blinking switch,
• wherein the brake light blinking control unit is configured to check a failure of the switching switch when a period of a brake light drive signal to the brake light is different than a period during which the blinking switch is switched on and off by the emergency stoplamp system driving instruction.