Speedlight-Final web version

BY SEKOL INC.
SPEEDLIGHT is an innovative concept of SEKOL INC.
Patent No. 8,599,002
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BIOGRAPHY:
DR. EDWARD J. SEKOL, B.S., D.C.
Dr. Edward J. Sekol, B.S., D.C. is a native of Michigan. He has a bachelor’s degree in microbiology
from Michigan State University and a doctorate in Chiropractic from Sherman College of
Chiropractic. He and his wife Darlene have been married for 37 years and have two daughters. Lisa
has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Michigan Technological University. Rachelle has a
bachelor’s degree in microbiology from Michigan State University and is currently attending MSU’s
medical school.
Dr. Sekol has been a practicing Doctor of Chiropractic over 33 years. He has treated thousands of
patients for whiplash injuries to the cervical spine.Witnessing their pain and suffering as well as the
devastating lifetime consequences led him to search for a way to reduce the number of rear end
collisions.
As an automobile enthusiast Dr. Sekol has restored and modified vehicles in the past. Utilizing his
intuitive problem solving capabilities to invent a simple and effective taillight system became his
passion. He designed and redesigned several options to create something that could be read
instantly on all the vehicles in front of you even at long distances. It also had to be easy to
comprehend and natural to learn. After more than five years and countless hours he has perfected
and patented the Speedlight.
SEKOL INC. was founded by Dr. Sekol with the goals of introducing the Speedlight to the
automotive industry and pursuing its implementation on every vehicle manufactured or imported
into the United States.
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CONTENTS
United States Patent 8,599,002 Coversheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Ineffective Taillights & Rear End Collisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The New Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What is The Speedlight? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Reading the Speedlight System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Components & Illumination
Key to Components & Illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Reading the Speedlight System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Acceleration & Deceleration
Key to Acceleration & Deceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Modes of the Speedlight System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The Stationary Modes
The Stationary Modes Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
The Moving Modes
The Moving Modes Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Riding the Brake
Riding the Brake Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Riding the Turn Indicator
Riding the Turn Indicator Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
This full color booklet was designed to provide a simple concise overview of the Speedlight System in the various modes
of operation. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with this booklet and watch the Speedlight video at our website.
To download complete technical information please refer to
United States Patent number US 8,599,002
available at our website
www.speedlight.org
sekolinc@gmail.com

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To download a complete copy of the patent please refer to
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INEFFECTIVE TAILLIGHTS
& REAR END COLLISIONS
Present day taillights offer very little information to the following traffic. There are two
taillights that are either on low intensity or high intensity and also function as turn indicators.
Then there’s the third brake light and reverse lights.
The only information displayed is that the lights, brakes or turn indicators are on or if the
vehicle is in reverse. Are they parked, stopped, standing, accelerating, decelerating, in a panic
stop, riding the brake, involved in an accident? How about when they are going 10 mph on
the freeway as you bear down on them doing 70 mph? That’s what happened to me in heavy
traffic with my wife and two young daughters in the car. It resulted in a five car accident with
two cars totaled and numerous people injured. There’s no system in place to keep drivers
aware of what’s happening or about to happen right in front of them. That’s exactly why rear
end collisions are the most common type of auto accident in the world!
In the United States over 43,000 people die every year in auto accidents and nearly one third
of those accidents are rear end collisions. That’s about two and a half million rear end collisions
each year. Additionally approximately 120,000 people suffer whiplash injuries as a result of
these accidents.
Auto accidents rank as the 7th leading cause of death. And despite all the advancements in
the automotive industry the rate of fatal car collisions has remained essentially unchanged in
over a decade. It’s time for a new way of thinking, a new strategy, a change, and the name of
that change, is the Speedlight.

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THE NEW STRATEGY
Many creative minds have tried to develop taillight systems to exhibit the rate of deceleration.
Throughout the research and development of the Speedlight there has been four patent
searches including three by the United States Patent Office. It has revealed a stack of patents
two inches thick with alternate taillight systems that range from useless to the absurd. They
have flashing strobe lights, sirens and light patterns that resemble hieroglyphics. Both I and the
United States Patent Office have reviewed all of them several times and none of them offers as
much information or is as easy to read and learn as the Speedlight.
The Speedlight is an entirely new and unique concept that will literally revolutionize taillight
systems for the automotive industry. The research began with a rear mounted deceleration
gauge that would allow for faster reaction times and less accidents. However while refining the
design it evolved into a speedometer lighting system that displays infinite levels of deceleration
and much, much more.
Currently when driving behind a vehicle we have no indication of their speed. Are they
accelerating, decelerating, coasting, “riding the brake” or even in a panic stop? How does their
speed compare to your speed and all the other vehicles in front of you? When we see a vehicle
that“appears”tobestoppedisitreallystopped?Orisitrollingforwardwiththefootonthebrake?
And when is that vehicle with the turn indictor on for three blocks really going to turn? We are
constantly relying on depth perception and driving experience for visual cues to simultaneously
keep track of several vehicles that are essentially moving targets.
With the Speedlight all this information is not only available, it’s obvious. This simple easy to
read light system allows you to instantly know all of this information for all the vehicles in front
of you, and your vehicle, at a glance.You not only know if a vehicle is accelerating or decelerating
but you know if it is going faster or slower than the surrounding vehicles. You see panic stops
instantly and are able to tell when a vehicle is at a complete stop. Someone riding the brake is
easily recognizable and you know when they’re stopping despite the ineffective brake lights.
You know when a vehicle with the turn indicator on is likely to turn. All of this is as easy as
playing a child’s video game and will become second nature to every driver on the road. Instead
of depending on visual cues we get visual answers.

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WHAT IS THE SPEEDLIGHT?
The Speedlight is a speedometer mounted on the rear of a vehicle. It displays the speed of the
vehicletothetrafficbehinditandvisuallydistinguishesthedifferencebetweenparked,stopped,
standing, deceleration, acceleration, panic stop, riding the brake, riding the turn indicator or a
vehicle involved in an accident. And it does it, instantaneously. There is also a miniature version
of the Speedlight mounted high on the instrument cluster of vehicles so drivers can compare
their Speedlight to the Speedlights in front of them as well.
This is accomplished through an easy to “read” horizontal series of red LED lights on the back
of the vehicle similar to a third brake light. It’s activated, or turned on, whenever the vehicle is
running. It illuminates at low intensity or running light intensity. Upon braking it illuminates at
high intensity or brake light intensity. The number of lights to illuminate is relative to the speed
of the vehicle. If the vehicle is at a complete stop the entire series of lights illuminates. If the
vehicle is going very fast only a few of the lights on each end, the far left and far right, will be
illuminated. As the vehicle speed decreases during coasting or braking more lights sequentially
illuminate in from both ends towards the middle making each individual light longer and the
distance between them less. The speed that the two lights “grow together” lets the following
traffic see how fast the vehicle is slowing down. When the vehicle comes to a complete stop
the entire light strip illuminates connecting the two lights into one solid line indicating that the
vehicle is completely stopped.
In the center of the Speedlight there is one light called the Panic Light. For increased visibility
it’s orange and much larger than the red lights in the strip. The Panic Light is on low intensity
whenever the Speedlight is on. There are only two times when the Panic Light goes to high
intensity. One is during a“panic stop”and the other is when the vehicle is completely stopped.
A panic stop is when a vehicle is braking very hard and decelerating very fast. The threshold for
panic deceleration is set at 15 mph per second. This is faster deceleration than what occurs in
most normal driving conditions and fast enough that the following traffic should be warned
and prepared to respond.
The Panic Light also illuminates at high intensity when the vehicle is completely stopped. This is
extremely valuable when approaching a stopped vehicle quickly as can happen around a curve
or under circumstances where there is little time to react.

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READING THE SPEEDLIGHT SYSTEM
COMPONENTS & ILLUMINATION
To visualize this concept refer to the KEY TO COMPONENTS & ILLUMINATION on page 9. In
the COMPONENTS OF THE SPEEDLIGHT SYSTEM section you can see the components of the
Speedlight in conjunction with the vehicle taillights. The Speedlight consist of a row of 37
lights total. The Panic Light is in the middle with 18 lights on either side. The 36 combined side
lights (not including the Panic Light) are referred to as the “Speedlight strip”. Each light of the
Speedlight strip represents a five mile per hour increment of speed. Marker Lights are set at
specific points in the Speedlight strip so that“reading”the speed of the vehicle is instantaneous.
They are at the 30mph, 60mph and 90mph positions and replace the normal lights that would
occur at these positions. They are yellow and larger than the rest of the lights but not as large
as the Panic Light. Their oval shape makes them stand out and be obvious even for those who
are color blind. They operate the same as any other light in the strip. Marker Lights make it easy
to compare the speed of all the vehicles in front of us at a glance. Vehicles going too fast or too
slow will be obvious and warn us of the potential danger of sudden lane changes or turns or
possibly an accident.
Now that we have all the components of the Speedlight let’s add the vehicle taillights and clarify
the proper terminology. The“Speedlight”consists of the Panic Light, Marker Lights and the red
lights of the Speedlight strip. It does not include the vehicle taillights. The term “Speedlight
strip” or “strip” refers only to the red lights and the Marker lights. It does not include the Panic
Light or taillights. The “Speedlight System” refers to the entire Speedlight and how it works in
conjunction with the vehicle taillights.
In the ILLUMINATION section there are examples displaying the entire Speedlight System
unilluminated (off), illuminated on low intensity, illuminated on high intensity and flashing as
they appear in the following modes. Please note that in the modes it is necessary for different
sections of the Speedlight to exhibit different levels of illumination.

LOW INTENSITY
HIGH INTENSITY
FLASHING
UNILLUMINATED
KEY TO COMPONENTS & ILLUMINATION
30 60 90+90+ 60 30 PANIC
LIGHT
mph mph mph
Tail Light
Speedlight Strip
Marker Lights
Speedlight Strip
Tail Light
mph mph mph
(With speedlight and taillights on)
ILLUMINATION
COMPONENTSOFTHESPEEDLIGHTSYSTEM
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Next we will cover the KEY TO ACCELERATION & DECELERATION on page 11. To indicate that
lights are sequentially illuminating with deceleration or de-illuminating (turning off) with
acceleration horizontal arrows are positioned above or below the Speedlight.
To depict deceleration red arrows point toward the Panic Light indicating that the lights are
sequentially illuminating toward the Panic Light as the speed of the vehicle decreases.
To depict acceleration green arrows point away from the Panic Light (toward the left and right
ends of the Speedlight) indicating that the lights are sequentially de-illuminating outward as
the speed of the vehicle increases.
When the lights are on low intensity the arrows will only be below the Speedlight. When the
lights are on high intensity the arrows will be above and below the Speedlight. And in both
cases the illumination level will also be evident. Note that in all of the examples where the
vehicle is moving the speed is set at thirty mph and the tail end of the arrow/ arrows is at the
thirty mph Marker Light.
Panic stop deceleration red arrows will appear the same as deceleration with lights on high
intensity except there would be two red arrows “tip to tail” wherever one red arrow was
employed for normal deceleration. This demonstrates that the lights are illuminating at a very
rapid rate of speed that meets or exceeds the 15 mph per second minimum to be a“panic stop”.
This automatically illuminates the Panic Light on high intensity as well.
READING THE SPEEDLIGHT SYSTEM
ACCELERATION & DECELERATION

KEYTO ACCELERATION & DECELERATION
DECELERATION: LOW INTENSITY LIGHTS
DECELERATION: HIGH INTENSITY LIGHTS
ACCELERATION: LOW INTENSITY LIGHTS
ACCELERATION: HIGH INTENSITY LIGHTS
PANIC STOP DECELERATION: HIGH INTENSITY LIGHTS
Red arrows indicate lights are illuminating towards the center, this shows deceleration.
Green arrows indicate lights are turning off towards the ends, this shows acceleration.
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Now let’s view the different modes of the Speedlight System. Please note that the headlights
and taillights are off in all of these examples. Therefore the taillights are either on high intensity
or off. If the taillights were on then they would appear on low intensity wherever they appear off
in the various modes. Notations have been added under each mode to indicate ignition switch
on/off, gear indicator position and brakes on/off.
First we will cover the modes of the Speedlight with the vehicle not moving. These are called
THE STATIONARY MODES. Refer to THE STATIONARY MODES FIGURES (0mph) on page 13.
The Speedlight System allows us to distinguish between Parked, Stopped and Standing.
A PARKED vehicle has the ignition off, the gear selector in park and brakes off. This is a dead
vehicle with nothing illuminated.
In the STOPPED mode the ignition is on, gear selector in drive and brakes on. The entire
Speedlight, including the Panic light and vehicle taillights are all on high intensity.
In the STANDING mode the ignition is on, gear selector in park and brakes off. The entire
Speedlight strip is on low intensity with the Panic Light on high and taillights off.This is a vehicle
at a storefront waiting for someone to come out and get into the car.
Take notice that when the Standing driver applies the brakes to shift into gear the entire
Speedlight including Panic Light and taillights go on high intensity warning traffic and
pedestrians that this vehicle is in the Stopped mode and is capable of moving at any time. The
difference between Parked, Stopped and Standing is obvious.
Another Stationary Mode is PARKED WITH BRAKES ON. This is similar to the Parked mode. The
ignition is off and the gear selector is in park but now the brakes are on. With the ignition off
the Speedlight is off. However brake lights work even when the ignition is off. Therefore the
taillights are on high intensity. If this vehicle did not have a Speedlight it would appear to be
Stopped and ready to move. With the Speedlight we know the vehicle isn’t running and can’t
move.
The last Stationary Mode is ACCIDENT mode. If a vehicle’s air bags or roll over sensors are
activated the entire Speedlight System and vehicle’s hazard warning lights automatically go
into a flashing mode on high intensity.This overrides everything and will work in any gear at any
time even with the ignition off.
MODES OF THE SPEEDLIGHT SYSTEM
THE STATIONARY MODES(0mph)

IGNITION: OFF • GEAR: PARK/NEUTRAL • BRAKES:OFF
PARKED
IGNITION: ON • GEAR: DRIVE • BRAKES: ON
STOPPED
IGNITION: OFF • GEAR: PARK/NEUTRAL • BRAKES: ON
PARKED WITH BRAKES ON
IGNITION: ON • GEAR: PARK/NEUTRAL • BRAKES: OFF
STANDING
IGNITION: ON/OFF • GEAR: ANY GEAR • BRAKES: ON/OFF
INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT
THE STATIONARY MODES FIGURES (0mph)
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Now we will review the modes of the Speedlight System with the vehicle moving. These are
called the THE MOVING MODES. Refer to THE MOVING MODES FIGURES (30mph) on page 15.
The ignition switch is on and gear selector in drive for all of these modes.
CONSTANT SPEED WITH NO BRAKING
The Speedlight strip is on low (no braking) with a static light display indicating the speed of the
vehicle.
Panic Light on low.
Taillights off.
DECELERATION WITHOUT BRAKING.“COASTING”
The Speedlight strip is on low (no braking). Lights slowly illuminating sequentially in from ends
relative to rate of deceleration.
Panic Light on low.
Taillights off.
DECELERATION WITH BRAKING
The Speedlight strip is on high (braking). Lights illuminating sequentially in from the ends
relative to the braking rate of deceleration.
Panic Light on low.
Taillights on high.
PANIC STOP DECELERATION
The Speedlight strip is on high (braking). Lights illuminating very rapidly in from the ends
relative to the very fast rate of panic deceleration. (15mph/second or more)
Panic Light on high.
Taillights on high.
ACCELERATION WITHOUT BRAKING
The Speedlight strip is on low (no braking). Lights turning off sequentially out from the center
relative to rate of acceleration.
Panic Light on low.
Taillights off.
THE MOVING MODES(30mph)

ACCELERATION WITHOUT BRAKING
PANIC STOP DECELERATION
DECELERATION WITHOUT BRAKING “COASTING”
CONSTANT SPEED WITH NO BRAKING
IGNITION: ON • GEAR: DRIVE • BRAKES: OFF
THE MOVING MODES FIGURES (30mph)
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The next section of Moving Modes is RIDING THE BRAKE. Refer to RIDING THE BRAKE FIGURES
(30mph) on page 17. “Riding the brake”is easily discernable with the Speedlight. When a driver
is “Riding the brake” the Speedlight strip illuminates on high intensity (brakes applied) and
indicates the speed or change in speed of the vehicle.
CONSTANT SPEED WITH BRAKING
The Speedlight strip is on high (braking). Lights illuminated in from ends with static display
indicating speed of vehicle.
Panic Light on low.
Taillights on high.
ACCELERATION WITH BRAKING
The Speedlight strip is on high (braking). Lights turning off sequentially out from the center
relative to rate of acceleration.
Panic Light on low.
Taillights on high.
Panic Light on low.
Taillights on high.
Present day brake lighting does not inform the following traffic as to when and if a vehicle
is decelerating or accelerating when they are “riding the brake”. Rather we are forced to pay
particular attention to visually judge the speed of the “brake rider” to avoid a collision. This
distracts our attention from all other traffic.The Speedlight takes the guess work out of knowing
what the“brake rider”is doing.
RIDING THE BRAKE (30mph)

CONSTANT SPEED WITH BRAKING
ACCELERATION WITH BRAKING
RIDING THE BRAKE FIGURES (30mph)
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The final section of Moving Modes is RIDING THE TURN INDICATOR. Refer to RIDING THE TURN
INDICATOR FIGURES (30mph) on page 19. The Speedlight System helps us to know when a
vehicle “riding the turn indicator” is likely to turn. Vehicles may pass several driveways or go
several blocks with the turn indicator on before making a turn. Often it is left on indefinitely by
mistake. The following traffic has to pay attention to gauge how fast the lead vehicle is going.
Are they going at a constant speed? Are they accelerating? Are they decelerating or going slow
enough to negotiate a turn? The following traffic’s attention is distracted from all other aspects
of driving as they monitor the vehicle in front of them.
With the Speedlight we can easily view the speed of the lead vehicle and “see” when they
accelerate and“see”when they decelerate.We can also“see”when they are going slow enough to
negotiate a turn without giving them our undivided attention. We can anticipate their intention
to turn by seeing when they are going slow enough or decelerating fast enough to do so.
CONSTANT SPEED/ RT. TURN INDICATOR ON
The Speedlight strip is on low. Lights illuminated in from ends with static display indicating
speed of vehicle.
Panic Light on low.
Taillights: Left one off. Right one on high and flashing.
ACCELERATION WITH RT. TURN INDICATOR ON
The Speedlight strip is on low. Lights turning off sequentially out from the center relative to rate
of acceleration.
Panic Light on low.
DECELERATION WITH RT. TURN INDICATOR ON
Panic Light on low.
RIDING THE TURN INDICATOR (30mph)

RIDINGTHETURN INDICATOR FIGURES (30mph)
CONSTANT SPEED/RT.TURN INDICATOR ON
DECELERATION WITH RT. TURN INDICATOR ON
ACCELERATION WITH RT. TURN INDICATOR ON
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In spite of all the innovative advances in automotive safety the
most adaptable and most valuable asset to automotive safety
has remained unchanged. For safer driving we need safer drivers.
It is time for a change and the Speedlight is an obvious part of
the solution. Not only will it work seamlessly in conjunction with
all the automatic braking applications but more importantly it
will alert drivers to the precise circumstances that activate these
automatic systems. The more informed drivers will naturally be
“trained” to recognize these circumstances and subsequently
become safer drivers.
The Speedlight takes all the guesswork out of driving. It’s far more than just a few bulbs on
the back of a vehicle. It’s a speedometer, a deceleration gauge, a complete warning system
that lets you see everything that’s happening or about to happen in front of you. And seeing
is more than believing. It’s knowing!
The Speedlight will reduce the number of automobile accidents, the number of deaths and
the subsequent pain and suffering that goes with it. The savings in health care dollars and
property damage is immeasurable. It’s time to change our outdated ineffective taillights and
the Speedlight System is the ultimate comprehensive solution.
I thank you for your consideration and for taking the time to learn about the Speedlight.
Dr. Edward J. Sekol, B.S., D.C.
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