Patent ID: 9643615
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B60W,G08G

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a vehicle position module that determines a position of each of one or more proximal motor vehicles with respect to a user's motor vehicle, each proximal motor vehicle raveling in a same direction as the user's motor vehicle and within a sensor range, wherein each proximal motor vehicle is positioned in relation to the user's motor vehicle without another motor vehicle between the proximal motor vehicle and the user's motor vehicle; a vehicle network module that establishes a communication link between the user's motor vehicle and one or more of the proximal motor vehicles, thereby forming an ad hoc network; a message receiver module that receives a front alert message from a front proximal motor vehicle that is traveling in front of the user's motor vehicle; a message transmitter module that: an alert action module that takes an action before the user of the motor vehicle is able to detect danger that affects control of the movement of the user's motor vehicle in response to receiving a front alert message from a front proximal motor vehicle; and a message priority module which reduces priority of a front alert message received from the front proximal motor vehicle prior to the message transmitter module transmitting the rear alert message to a rear proximal motor vehicle.