Real time traffic aide

A traffic system for providing real-time traffic information from one vehicle to other vehicles, said system comprising:

• a plurality of sensors provided on the one vehicle, said sensors detecting surrounding vehicles and traffic around the one vehicle;
• and
• a wireless communications system responsive to sensor signals from the sensors, said wireless communications system including a controller that calculates a traffic condition index identifying the traffic around the one vehicle and broadcasting the traffic condition index to the other vehicles, said controller calculating the traffic condition index using a vehicle speed factor of a speed of the surrounding vehicles, a vehicle distance factor of a distance between the surrounding vehicles and a traffic density factor of a density of the surrounding vehicles, said controller presenting the traffic condition index in a predetermined format to a driver of the vehicle, wherein at least one of the other vehicles re-broadcasts the traffic condition index to other vehicles.