A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASING DRIVER AWARENESS BY MODIFYING THE FREQUENCY OF A VISUAL SYSTEM

A method of increasing driver awareness for a first vehicle (103), the method comprising: establishing a connection (109a, 109b) between the first vehicle (103) and at least one of a second vehicle (105) and a central server (107); determining that the first vehicle (103) may encounter a potential hazard from information provided by the connection (109a, 109b) between the first vehicle (103) and at least one of the second vehicle (105) and the central server (107); and at least on of: attenuating at least one of an audio system and a visual system of the first vehicle (103); and adjusting an operational frequency of the visual system of the first vehicle.