False warning reduction using location data

A method of reducing false collision warnings comprising the steps of:

• determining a presence of a target object within a path of a host vehicle, the presence indicating conditions for a collision;
• determining a present location of the host vehicle;
• determining whether the target object is stored in a false alert database for the determined present location;
• providing a warning when the target object and the location are not stored in the false alert database;
• determining a reaction by a host vehicle operator to the warning, and
• providing the target object and the present location to the false alert database when there is no reaction by the host vehicle operator to the warning.

A system for reducing false collision warnings comprising:

• a forward collision sensor for sensing a presence of a target object within a forward path of a host vehicle;
• a navigation system for determining a present location of the host vehicle;
• a reaction sensing device for determining a reaction by a host vehicle operator;
• a forward collision warning system including a processor;
• and
• a false alert database in communication with the processor for storing target objects and locations of the target objects,
• wherein the processor receives the presence of the target object from the forward collision sensor and the present location of the host vehicle from the navigation system, and communicates with the false alert database to determine whether a stored target object at a stored location corresponding to the location of the sensed target object is provided in the false alert database.