| CPC B60Q 5/006 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/525 (2013.01); B60R 16/023 (2013.01); B60W 40/10 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G08G 1/005 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); B60W 2554/4029 (2020.02); B60W 2554/4042 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02)] | 28 Claims |

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1. A pedestrian alert and/or collision avoidance system for a large vehicle, comprising:
a first sensing device configured to sense a speed of a vehicle when the vehicle is travelling in a first direction;
a second sensing device configured to sense at least one of: when the vehicle initiates a turn or when a turn rate of the vehicle is within a first predetermined rate range or exceeds a first predetermined rate;
a third sensing device configured to sense when a pedestrian is within a first predetermined distance to the vehicle; and
a pedestrian alarm system configured to issue a first auditory warning message via a first speaker mounted on at least a first side of the vehicle when at least one of: (1) the speed of the vehicle is within a first predetermined speed range or over a first predetermined speed, (2) the vehicle initiates the turn or the turn rate of the vehicle is within the first predetermined rate range or over the first predetermined rate, or (3) the pedestrian is within the first predetermined distance to the vehicle.
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