ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,781, issued on Sept. 16.

"Systems/methods of vehicular safety" was invented by Peter D. Karabinis (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems/Methods are disclosed that are configured to perform operations comprising: receiving information; selecting a geographic area responsive to the information received; wirelessly identifying a first motor vehicle that is within the geographic area selected; wirelessly communicating with the first motor vehicle; and wirelessly controlling a first distance between the first motor vehicle and a second motor vehicle. According to some embodiments, said receiving information comprises receivi...