A method at a computing device for dedicated short range communication with traffic offload, the method comprising: utilizing a radio (220, 320) in a communications subsystem on the computing device for a first category of communications, wherein the first category of communications comprises dedicated short range communication; in response to determining, at the computing device, that a trigger condition has been met, splitting operation of the radio in the communications subsystem of the computing device, the splitting comprising utilizing a first portion of the radio (232, 332) for the first category of communications and a second portion of the radio (234, 334) for a second category of communications, wherein the second category of communications is related to traffic offload, and: wherein the radio in the communications subsystem is a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) wireless local area network (WLAN) radio, and wherein the splitting comprises dividing the radio into a simultaneous dual band radio using a part of the MIMO WLAN radio as the first portion of the radio and using a remainder of the MIMO WLAN radio as the second portion of the radio; or wherein the radio in the communications subsystem is wireless local area network (WLAN) radio having simultaneous wideband and narrowband channels, and wherein the splitting comprises using one of the wideband or narrowband channels as the first portion of the radio and using the other of the wideband or narrowband channels as the second portion of the radio, wherein the computing device is on a vehicle, and wherein the trigger condition comprises any one or combination of: a speed of the vehicle falling below a threshold; a location of the vehicle; a status of operation of the vehicle; environmental conditions; or application triggers for applications on the computing device. utilizing a radio (220, 320) in a communications subsystem on the computing device for a first category of communications, wherein the first category of communications comprises dedicated short range communication; in response to determining, at the computing device, that a trigger condition has been met, splitting operation of the radio in the communications subsystem of the computing device, the splitting comprising utilizing a first portion of the radio (232, 332) for the first category of communications and a second portion of the radio (234, 334) for a second category of communications, wherein the second category of communications is related to traffic offload, and: wherein the radio in the communications subsystem is a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) wireless local area network (WLAN) radio, and wherein the splitting comprises dividing the radio into a simultaneous dual band radio using a part of the MIMO WLAN radio as the first portion of the radio and using a remainder of the MIMO WLAN radio as the second portion of the radio; or wherein the radio in the communications subsystem is wireless local area network (WLAN) radio having simultaneous wideband and narrowband channels, and wherein the splitting comprises using one of the wideband or narrowband channels as the first portion of the radio and using the other of the wideband or narrowband channels as the second portion of the radio, wherein the radio in the communications subsystem is a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) wireless local area network (WLAN) radio, and wherein the splitting comprises dividing the radio into a simultaneous dual band radio using a part of the MIMO WLAN radio as the first portion of the radio and using a remainder of the MIMO WLAN radio as the second portion of the radio; or wherein the radio in the communications subsystem is wireless local area network (WLAN) radio having simultaneous wideband and narrowband channels, and wherein the splitting comprises using one of the wideband or narrowband channels as the first portion of the radio and using the other of the wideband or narrowband channels as the second portion of the radio,