System and method for implementing precognition braking and/or avoiding or mitigation risks among platooning vehicles

A method of at least partially controlling a following vehicle when the following vehicle is behind a lead vehicle in a platoon, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a following vehicle receiver, data generated by sensors on the lead vehicle;
• ascertaining, at a following vehicle controller, a hazard in a space adjacent the lead vehicle from the data generated by sensors on the lead vehicle;
• and
• dissolving, by the following vehicle controller, the platoon in response to ascertaining the hazard in the space adjacent the lead vehicle.

A method of at least partially controlling a following vehicle when the following vehicle is behind a lead vehicle in a platoon, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a following vehicle receiver, data generated by sensors on the lead vehicle indicative of a scene located adjacent the lead vehicle;
• ascertaining, at a following vehicle controller, a hazard in a space adjacent the lead vehicle from the data generated by sensors on the lead vehicle;
• determining, at a following vehicle controller, that the ascertained hazard crosses a predetermined severity threshold;
• and
• initiating a preemptive action, by the following vehicle controller, in response to the determination that the severity threshold has been crossed.