COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD

A collision warning system (10) including a vehicle with a first sensor (52) configured to detect an exit condition, a second sensor (14) configured to detect a collision condition, an external warning signal system (30) configured to emit a warning signal to warn about the collision condition, the external warning signal system includes at least one warning device (50) configured to emit the warning signal, and a controller configured to communicate with the first and second sensors and to control the at least one warning device in response to the collision condition.