Method and device for providing advanced indications to a vehicle's driver

A device adapted to be installed in a vehicle and to provide a driver of said vehicle with an advanced indication that one or more road segments identified as low service level segments are located along the driver's route, wherein the device comprising:

• I. location means operative to detect the vehicle's current location;
• II. transceiver operative to communicate with a remote system and to:
• i. provide said remote system with information that relates to the vehicle current location;
• and
• ii. receive values of one or more driving performance parameters associated with at least one road segment that is located along the vehicle's route;
• III. processor operative to:
• i. evaluate whether any of the received values of the one or more driving performance parameters exceeds a pre-defined threshold thereof;
• and
• ii. based on step a, determine whether any of the at least one road segment located along the vehicle route is identified as a low service level segment;
• and
• IV. indication provisioning means operative to provide the driver with an advanced indication for any of the at least one road segment which has been determined as a segment identified as a low service level segment.

A computer readable medium storing a computer program for performing a set of instructions to be executed by one or more computer processors, the computer program is adapted to provide a driver of a vehicle with an advanced warning, indicating that one or more road segments that are low service level segments are located along the driver's route, and comprising the steps of:

• identify at least one road segment that the driver is about to reach based on the vehicle's current location;
• retrieve values of one or more driving performance parameters associated with each of the at least one road segment identified;
• evaluate whether any of the retrieved values of the one or more driving performance parameters exceeds a pre-defined threshold thereof and based on that evaluation, determine whether any of the at least one road segment identified is a low service level segment;
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• enable providing the driver with an advanced indication for any of the at least one road segment which has been determined as a segment that might require the driver's specific attention.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps for providing a driver of a vehicle with an advanced indication that one or more road segments being low service level road segments are located along the driver's route, wherein said steps comprise:

• detecting the vehicle's current location and based on the detected location, identifying at least one road segment that said driver is about to reach;
• for each of said at least one road segment identified, retrieving values of one or more driving performance parameters associated therewith;
• evaluating whether any of the retrieved values of said one or more driving performance parameters exceeds a pre-defined threshold thereof, and based on that evaluation, determining whether any of the at least one road segment identified, might present a segment of a too low service level;
• and
• providing the driver with an advanced indication for any of the at least one road segment which has been determined as being a segment of a too low service level for the driver.