Patent ID: 7880644

Claim:
A method for influencing the traffic flow of vehicles within a route section ( 10 ) having the following steps: (a) measuring the actual speed of a first vehicle travelling within the route section ( 10 ); (b) at an actual speed which is the same as or higher than a predefined limiting value, using signal-generating means ( 26 , 28 ) which are assigned to the first vehicle to transmit at least one signal which can be received by a second vehicle which is travelling in the route section ( 10 ) or by the driver of the second vehicle, and which represents the fact that the limiting value has been reached or exceeded; and (c) receiving the signal which represents the fact that the limiting value has been reached or exceeded by a suitable receiver in the second vehicle, and triggering the recording and/or storage of a corresponding item of information, which represents the fact that the limiting value has been reached or exceeded, in a suitable storage medium in the second vehicle, wherein the speed limiting value lies between the maximum possible top speed or the legally permitted top speed of the first vehicle and 90% of the maximum possible top speed or legally permitted top speed of the first vehicle.