Patent ID: 7986247

Claim:
A driver advisory system in a first host vehicle on a highway transmitting information regarding the status of said first host vehicle and its occupants to a second host vehicle on a highway, said driver advisory system comprising: a sensor monitoring a vehicle parameter of said first host vehicle; a first processor operable to receive a sensor output from said sensor, calculate a risk factor for collision with other approaching vehicles and provide an output signal related to the risk factor; a communication unit operable to receive said output signal from said first processor and transmit an outgoing advisory message relating to the risk factor, said communication unit also operable to receive an incoming advisory message relating to calculated risk factor based on a vehicle parameter sensor output from said second host vehicle and provide said incoming message to a second processor; and said second processor operable to receive said incoming advisory message from said communication unit, determine if the first host vehicle is approaching the second host vehicle on the same highway and in the same direction of travel, and determine if said advisory message should be provided to the driver of said first host vehicle based on said determination.