Driver behavior sharing

Abstract

One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for providing driver alerts. For example, a client device module (e.g., a smartphone, a vehicle navigation unit, etc.) may collect driving behavior information (e.g., braking patterns, vehicle speed, weather conditions, acceleration/deceleration patterns, etc.) and/or user specified information (e.g., a number of passengers) of a driver driving a vehicle. The client device module may provide the driving behavior information and/or the user specified information to a driver alert provider. The driver alert provider may maintain a driver profile for the driver based upon the driving behavior information and/or the user specified information. The driver alert provider may generate a driver alert (e.g., a driver risk score of the driver) based upon the driver profile, and may provide the driver alert to other drivers that are within a threshold distance of the vehicle.

What is claimed is: 
     
         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.