DRIVER BEHAVIOR SHARING

1 . A method for providing driving behavior information of a driver, comprising:

identifying a driver of a vehicle;

collecting driving behavior information of the driver; and

providing the driving behavior information to a driver alert provider for distribution to one or more vehicles within a threshold distance of the vehicle.

2 . The method of claim 1 , the driving behavior information comprising at least one of a braking pattern, a vehicle location, a vehicle speed, vehicle acceleration, vehicle deceleration, a current time, a weather condition, driving condition visibility, or roadway conditions.

3 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving driver specified information from the driver; and

providing the driver specified information to the driver alert provider.

4 . The method of claim 3 , the driver specified information comprising at least one of a number of passengers within the vehicle, proof of insurance, whether the driver is in driver training, an age of the driver, whether a child or infant is onboard, a driving skill of the driver, whether the driver is late, or whether the driver is driving under an emergency situation.

5 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

providing the driving behavior information to a second car that is within the threshold distance of the vehicle.

6 . The method of claim 3 , comprising:

providing the driver specified information to a second car that is within the threshold distance of the vehicle.

7 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving a driver alert from the driver alert provider, the driver alert indicating a driving behavior of a second driver of a second vehicle within the threshold distance of the vehicle; and

displaying the driver alert to the driver.

8 . The method of claim 7 , the driver alert comprising a driver risk score for the second driver.

9 . A system for providing driver alerts of a driver, comprising:

a driver alert provider configured to:

receive driving behavior information of a driver from a vehicle;

maintain a driver profile for the driver based upon the driving behavior information;

generate a driver alert based upon the driver profile; and

provide the driver alert to a second driver of a second vehicle within a threshold distance of the vehicle.

10 . The system of claim 9 , the driver alert provider configured to:

receive driver specified information from the driver; and

maintain the driver profile based upon the driver specified information.

11 . The system of claim 9 , the driver alert provider configured to:

maintain the driver profile based upon at least one of a name of the driver, an address of the driver, a license plate number of the driver, a driver license number of the driver, insurance information of the driver, or personal identification information of the driver.

12 . The system of claim 9 , the driver alert provider configured to:

compute a driver risk score for inclusion within the driver alert by evaluating the driver profile using a statistical evaluation technique.

13 . The system of claim 9 , the driver alert provider configured to:

provide the driver alert to the second driver based upon at least one of a court ordered instruction, the driver having a threshold number of driving violations, an insurance agency instruction, or the vehicle being located within a restricted access portion of a road.

14 . The system of claim 9 , the driver alert provider configured to:

send the driver alert to a plurality of vehicles within the threshold distance of the vehicle.

15 . The system of claim 9 , the driver alert provider configured to:

assign a first level of access to a first portion of the driver profile based upon a first privacy sensitivity of the first portion of the driver profile; and

assign a second level of access to a second portion of the driver profile based upon a second privacy sensitivity of the second portion of the driver profile.

16 . The system of claim 9 , the driver alert provider configured to:

receive a request, for driver information, from a traffic safety authority;

responsive to authenticating the request, obtain driver information associated with one or more vehicles within a proximity threshold of the traffic safety authority; and

provide the driver information to the traffic safety authority.

17 . A system for providing driver alerts, comprising:

a client device module configured to:

send a driver alert request to a driver alert provider, the driver alert request specifying a location of a client device;

receive a driver alert for a driver of a vehicle within a threshold distance of the location of the client device; and

display the driver alert to a user of the client device.

18 . The system of claim 17 , the client device module configured to:

determine that the user is driving a user vehicle;

collect driving behavior information of the user; and

provide the driving behavior information to the driver alert provider for distribution to one or more vehicles within a threshold distance of the user vehicle.

19 . The system of claim 17 , the client device module configured to:

display a map populated with a vehicle indicator representing the vehicle; and

label the vehicle indicator with a driver risk score comprised within the driver alert.

20 . The system of claim 17 , the driver alert comprising driver specified information comprising at least one of a number of passengers within the vehicle, proof of insurance, whether the driver is in driver training, an age of the driver, whether a child or infant is onboard, a driving skill of the driver, whether the driver is late, or whether the driver is driving under an emergency situation.