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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Markus Strassberger, Wartenberg, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A passing assistance system and method is provided for one's vehicle having an electronic control device for at least receiving messages from car-to-car communication systems of other vehicles. The messages include information about the presence or absence of a vehicle that trails the vehicle transmitting the message. The control device evaluates these messages as follows: the control device has a filter for identifying the first oncoming vehicle and its message and activates a warning system in the ego-vehicle to prevent a passing process if this message includes the information about the presence of a trailing vehicle.