Intelligent Traffic Alerting and Control System

A traffic alerting and control system comprising

• a transmitter module associated with a traffic alerting device to generate messages containing information about the traffic alerting device and transmitting the messages in direction of vehicles approaching the traffic alerting device;
• and
• a receiver module associated with a vehicle to
• receive messages from the transmitter module,
• extract the information about the traffic alerting device,
• determine location, direction and speed of the vehicle,
• determine if the vehicle is on path of the traffic alerting device, and if the vehicle is on the path of the traffic alerting device to
• determine one or more alert zones for the traffic alerting device based on location and speed of the vehicle;
• determine when the vehicle is in any of the one or more alert zones;
• and
• initiate an appropriate alert for the one or more alert zones.

A traffic alerting and control device in communication with a vehicle, the device including

• a receiver to receive messages associated with a traffic alerting device, wherein the messages include information about the traffic alerting device;
• a location sensing module to determine location and direction of the vehicle;
• a speed sensing module to determine the speed of the vehicle;
• and
• a controller to
• extract the information about the traffic alerting device;
• determine if the vehicle is on path of the traffic alerting device,
• determine one or more alert zones for the traffic alerting device based on location and speed of the vehicle;
• determine when the vehicle is in any of the one or more alert zones;
• and
• initiate an appropriate alert for the one or more alert zones.