Vehicle information/task manager

A method of information task management for a vehicle having an infotainment device, said method including the steps of:

• sensing a predetermined condition associated with the external driving environment of the vehicle using a sensing means,
• assigning a weighted risk value for each predetermined condition sensed by the sensing means using a weighting matrix stored in the memory of the information task manager, wherein the weighting matrix is a matrix of risk values associated with the predetermined vehicle condition and summing together each assigned risk value to determine the risk level by an information task manager, wherein the information task manager includes a processor, a memory and an input/output means;
• assigning a predetermined priority level for the infotainment device that indicates a level of importance of sustaining activity of the infotainment device;
• comparing the assigned risk level to the predetermined priority level associated with the infotainment device, and disabling the infotainment device if the assigned risk level is greater then the priority level.