Patent ID: 9536426
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G08G

Claim:
1. A method of determining a speed limit violation by a vehicle, comprising: receiving location coordinates of the vehicle from a locator device coupled to the vehicle; determining a speed of the vehicle based on measurements from an engine control module; determining a vehicle type of the vehicle; based on the location coordinates, identifying, by the locator device, a speed limit for the vehicle type of a roadway on which the vehicle is traveling; comparing, by the locator device, the speed of the vehicle to the speed limit of the roadway and a value above the speed limit of the roadway; determining, by the locator device, a speed limit violation when the speed of the vehicle continuously exceeds the speed limit of the roadway and the value above the speed limit of the roadway for a period of time; and providing, by the locator device, an alert of the speed limit violation upon the vehicle entering a segment of the roadway having a speed limit different from a speed limit of a segment of the roadway on which the vehicle previously traveled, wherein the alert is provided to one or more remote entities and the alert includes the speed limit violation and the period of time the vehicle exceeded the speed limit.