Situational understanding of unknown roadway conditions that are ahead for a connected vehicle

A method comprising:

• analyzing 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 the main vehicle and wherein the event is determined to be relevant to the main vehicle because (1) the main vehicle is travelling on a route that includes the first geographic location and (2) the second geographic location indicates that the main vehicle has not passed the first geographic location;
• wherein one or more of the first geographic location and the second geographic location is determined by a Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC)-compliant GPS unit that is accurate to within plus or minus 1.5 meters of an actual location of one or more of the lead vehicle and the main 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 the main vehicle and wherein the event is determined to be relevant to the main vehicle because (1) the main vehicle is travelling on a route that includes the first geographic location and (2) the second geographic location indicates that the main vehicle has not passed the first geographic location;
• wherein one or more of the first geographic location and the second geographic location is determined by a Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC)-compliant GPS unit that is accurate to within plus or minus 1.5 meters of an actual location of one or more of the lead vehicle and the main vehicle.