1. A vision-based identification apparatus comprising: a host vehicle; wherein said host vehicle is equipped with a plurality of elements including: i) an image capture device element; operatively interconnected with; ii) an image signal processor element; which is operatively interconnected with; iii) a matching processor element; which is also operatively interconnected with; iv) a radar transceiver element; wherein the image capture device is configured to provide a time based sequence of data frames to the image signal processor and the image signal processor provides a processed image signal to the matching processor, and wherein the data frames include a two dimensional array of pixel elements; and wherein the radar transceiver is configured to provide a radar signal to the matching processor, and wherein the matching processor combines the processed image signal and the radar signal, whereby the combined signals complement each other and allow the apparatus to effectively identify objects likely to be misidentified as collision threats.