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A vehicle brake light and display system employs a display screen having an array of light emitting diodes arranged to transmit a selected pattern or message in red light. A fixed or programmable memory has sets of data stored therein that can be selectively extracted to energize certain of the ligh

A vehicle brake light and display system employs a display screen having an array of light emitting diodes arranged to transmit a selected pattern or message in red light. A fixed or programmable memory has sets of data stored therein that can be selectively extracted to energize certain of the light emitting elements and display a single line of a selected message. Upon actuation of the brake of the vehicle in which the display screen is mounted, display of the message is disabled, and all of the light emitting elements are energized to provide a solid display of red over the entire screen. As a further safety feature, the display is maintained in a disable condition until initial application of the brake, and thereafter subsequent applications of the brake will cause display of the brake light over the entire display panel.

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A method of providing a rearwardly directed message from a vehicle comprising the steps of: mounting upon a rear portion of the vehicle a display screen having an array of light emitting elements, providing a plurality of sets of data, each set representing a message to be displayed, employing a sel

A method of providing a rearwardly directed message from a vehicle comprising the steps of: mounting upon a rear portion of the vehicle a display screen having an array of light emitting elements, providing a plurality of sets of data, each set representing a message to be displayed, employing a selected one of said sets to energize a group of said elements to display a message represented by the selected set, and energizing a major part of said array when brakes of the vehicle are applied, said step of energizing a major part of said array comprising concomitantly interrupting display of said message represented by the selected set.