Patent ID: 8604940

Claim:
A vehicle communication system comprising: a communications link provided at a medical facility; a visual indicator temporarily attachable to or usable in a non-official passenger vehicle to alert other road users that the vehicle is traveling in an emergency situation, wherein the visual indicator is at least one of a flashing light, a lightable written message, and a lightable warning symbol positionable in or on the vehicle additional to the vehicle's standard running lights; a communications link temporarily attachable to or usable in a non-official passenger vehicle and selectively operable by a passenger in the vehicle to communicate with the communications link provided at the medical facility to alert the medical facility that the vehicle is traveling to the medical facility in an emergency situation, wherein the visual indicator is in communication with the communications link at the medical facility, and is activatable by the passenger in the vehicle only after receipt of an activation code transmitted via the communications link from the medical facility.