Collision avoidance system for use by motor vehicles equipped with an inter-vehicle communications system so that if a vehicle comes too close or is moving too quickly a warning is triggered in both of the vehicles involved

摘要

Method for avoidance of collisions amongst road traffic wherein signals transmitted by an inter-vehicle communication system are detected and if a vehicle is approaching with a critical velocity, a reaction is triggered in both of the concerned vehicles. Independent claims are made for: a collision avoidance warning device, with a receiver that detects signals from other vehicles in an inter-vehicle communication system and analyses them to detect a critical approach of another vehicle in order to trigger a warning in both the concerned vehicles; and a method for generation of a security zone around a number of moving vehicles that are transmitting inter-vehicle communications signals. The zone can be extended to creation of an electronic buffer zone along the edges of pavements, etc. that generates a warning to pedestrians, cyclists, etc.