Rear Collision Warning
These symbols are Rear Collision Warning Indicator symbols. They resemble many of the forward collision warning symbols that have become relatively common across the industry, these are specifically used to warn or avoid a possible collision from behind.
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They appear as one vehicle in front of another with an exclamation point inside a triangle. The major difference in these symbols is that the car in front is seen in full and the one behind is only partially visible. The roles are reversed in collision warnings with a car in front. Seen in red or yellow/amber/orange, the indicators points to a higher and increasing risk of collision.
If the vehicle is equipped with Rear Automatic Braking system, the vehicle may come to a stop on its own.
However, this related symbol includes he word off and adds a cone, sometimes described as a sail, and is Rear Automatic Braking Off indicator. In this case, any indicator pointing a rear collision will require driver’s intervention.
The system may be turned off due to dirty sensors, so a car wash would resolve the issue. However, as an electronic system, a restart of e vehicle may resolve the warning light as well.
Do not confuse these symbols with similar like ones seen to the right. Click here for more…
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