Abstract: An embodiment of an apparatus includes a receiver operable to receive a message, and a processor operable to determine whether to broadcast the message. For example, the receiver and processor may be disposed on a first vehicle, and the receiver may receive the message from a second vehicle, where the message includes information related to a traffic-related event. The processor may determine whether to broadcast the message to other vehicles based on, e.g., the location of the first vehicle, the location of the second vehicle, the location of the event, or whether the processor has received the message more than once. The processor may determine not to broadcast the message if, based on these or other factors, it determines that the benefit of broadcasting the message is outweighed by the potential of the message, if broadcast, to “clog” a channel over which such traffic-related-event messages are broadcast.