Situational Understanding of Unknown Roadway Conditions that are Ahead for a Connected Vehicle

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory memory of a computing device storing computer-executable code that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

• analyze environment data associated with a lead vehicle and driver data associated with a main vehicle to determine whether an event associated with the lead vehicle is relevant to the main vehicle, wherein the environment data describes a first geographic location of the event and the driver data describes a second geographic location of a main vehicle and a route of the main vehicle, wherein the event is determined to be relevant to the main vehicle because (1) the route includes the first geographic location and (2) the second geographic location indicates that the main vehicle has not passed the first geographic location while traveling the route;
• and
• generating a wireless message transmittable via a network to the main vehicle, wherein the wireless message includes notification data that describes the event and the first location and wherein the notification data is operable to cause a notification system of the main vehicle to provide a warning set to the driver so that the driver is aware of the event.

A method comprising:

• analyzing environment data associated with a lead vehicle and main vehicle data associated with a main vehicle to determine whether an event associated with the lead vehicle is relevant to the main vehicle, wherein the environment data describes a first geographic location of the event and the main vehicle data describes a second geographic location of the main vehicle and a route of the main vehicle, wherein the event is determined to be relevant to the main vehicle because (1) the route includes the first geographic location and (2) the second geographic location indicates that the main vehicle has not passed the first geographic location while traveling the route;
• and
• generating a wireless message transmittable via a network to the main vehicle, wherein the wireless message includes event data that describes the event and the first geographic location and wherein the event data is operable to cause a notification system of the main vehicle to record driver data describing one or more actions of a driver of the main vehicle and provide a warning set describing the event and the first geographic location to the driver responsive to the driver data indicating that the one or more actions of the driver are associated with distraction.