Patent ID: 8009030

Claim:
A communication system for use with an automobile having an accelerator, a brake, a cruise control, and a brake lamp, said system comprising: a display; a transmitter; a receiver; a cruise lamp visible from outside said automobile; a processor in data communication with said accelerator, said brake, said cruise control, said brake lamp, said display, said transmitter, said receiver, and said cruise lamp; programming in said processor to actuate said display to present data received by said receiver; programming in said processor to actuate said cruise lamp when said cruise control is actuated; programming in said processor to actuate said transmitter to transmit cruise data when said cruise control is actuated; programming in said processor to cause said cruise lamp to blink when said cruise control is actuated while said accelerator is actuated; and programming in said processor to actuate said transmitter to transmit cruise acceleration data when said cruise control is actuated while said accelerator is actuated.