Vehicle mounted traffic light and system

In combination, a vehicle and a vehicle mounted traffic light, comprising:

• the vehicle including a forward end and a rearward end, the vehicle including a rearview mirror located within the vehicle;
• a wireless receiver associated with the vehicle, the wireless receiver adapted to receive a signal light state of a traffic signal light from a wireless transmitter of an originating signal system unit associated with the traffic signal light;
• wherein the origination signal system unit is in close proximity to the vehicle along a direction of travel;
• at least one signaling unit being sized and configured to be disposed within the interior of the vehicle for selectively displaying the received signal light state and including a count-down timer indicating an amount of time that a current signal light state of the traffic signal light is to remain in effect;
• wherein each of the at least one signaling unit consists a plurality of lights corresponding to one or more of a red light state of the traffic signal light, a yellow light state of the traffic signal light and a green light state of the traffic signal light;
• and
• a receiver processor, the receiver processor being in operable communication with the wireless receiver and each of the at least one signaling unit;
• wherein each of the at least one signaling unit is mounted in the rear of the vehicle in a forward facing direction relative to the vehicle, and an image of the plurality of lights of the at least one signaling unit is visible in a rearview mirror of the vehicle;
• wherein the image of the plurality of lights of the signaling unit have a reflected view in the rearview mirror and the reflected view is visible to the driver of the vehicle;
• wherein the receiver processor sends one or more state commands to the at least one signaling unit to selectively activate and inactivate the at least one signaling unit to correspond to the received signal light state of the traffic signal light.

A vehicle mounted traffic light system, comprising:

• an originating signal system unit associated with a traffic signal light, the originating signal system unit including a processor to determine a signal light state of the traffic signal light and a wireless transmitter to direct transmission of the determined signal light state;
• a vehicle having a forward end and a rearward end, the vehicle including a rearview mirror located within the vehicle toward the forward end;
• wherein a vehicle driver looking forward at the rearview mirror is capable of viewing a reflection of the rearward end of the vehicle in the rearview mirror;
• a wireless receiver associated with the vehicle, the wireless receiver adapted to receive from the wireless transmitter the determined signal light state of the traffic signal light;
• a signaling unit associated with the rear of the vehicle to selectively display the received signal light state, the signaling unit consisting of a forward facing light set and a rearward facing light set;
• the forward facing light set including a red light, a yellow light, and a green light;
• the rearward facing light set including a red light, a yellow light, and a green light;
• wherein each light set of the signaling unit is sized and configured to be mounted within the interior of the vehicle, the forward facing light set illuminating in a forward direction relative to the vehicle, and the rearward facing light set illuminating in a rearward direction relative to the vehicle;
• and
• a receiver processor, the receiver processor being in operable communication with the wireless receiver and the signaling unit,
• wherein the receiver processor sends one or more state commands to each of the signaling unit to selectively activate and inactivate the signaling unit to correspond to the received signal light state of the traffic signal light;
• wherein the forward facing light set has a reflected view in the rearview mirror and the reflected view of the forward facing light set is visible to the driver of the vehicle.