Method for handling a control card

A method for handling at least one control card containing traffic regulations in a plurality of vehicles, wherein the control card comprises a set of traffic regulations for controlling traffic flow of the plurality of vehicles, wherein each of the vehicles includes storage memory, and a processor accessible to the storage memory and configured to:

• obtain, by a first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, a first control card of the at least one control card, wherein the first control card is at least one of stored in the storage memory of the first vehicle or received from an alternate source, and wherein the first control card includes traffic regulations specific to traffic compliance for the first vehicle;
• receive, by the first vehicle via car-to-X communication, a second control card directly from a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, wherein the second control card includes traffic regulations specific to traffic compliance for the second vehicle;
• compare the received second control card with the first control card to determine a match between the first and second control cards;
• and
• when the comparison indicates that the first control card matches the second control card, the first vehicle transmits a confirmation to the second vehicle,
• when the comparison indicates that the first control card does not match the second control card, a matching procedure is performed to create a common control card, the common control card is created by a cooperative matching procedure where the first vehicle and the second vehicle iteratively cooperate with each other to evaluate information based on which the first control card and the second control card were generated,
• wherein:
• a) when the common control card is created within a predetermined number of iterations, the first vehicle and the second vehicle are controlled using the common control card,
• wherein the traffic regulations applicable to the traffic compliance for the first and second vehicles are synchronized based upon the common control card,
• wherein the processor of the first vehicle or another processor of the first vehicle is configured to control at least one vehicle system of the first vehicle based upon the common control card, and
• wherein the processor of the second vehicle or another processor of the second vehicle is configured to control at least one vehicle system of the second vehicle based upon the common control card, and
• b) when the common control card is not created within the predetermined number of iterations, the cooperative matching procedure is terminated, the first vehicle requests that a driver of the first vehicle make their own assessment of the traffic, and the second vehicle requests that a driver of the second vehicle make their own assessment of the traffic.