TC Cover^TM is a traffic collision cover^TM. A traffic collision cover restricts the view of physical damage to one or more vehicles involved in a traffic accident to passing motorists and pedestrians who may slow down and obstruct traffic to observe an accident scene. Emergency personnel can quickly cover one or more vehicles or parts of vehicles with a cover to hide the damage done in an accident. As a result, this helps prevent traffic congestion and increase traffic flow at accident scenes.

If this invention is proven to be effective, each responding agency (e.g., highway patrol, fire department, and others) can determine the criteria and situations when they would use this invention.

A TC Cover is primarily a tarp with magnets glued and sewed on the tarp to allow the tarp to magnetically and securely attach itself to one or more vehicles.

TC Cover is fire retardant, weather resistant, waterproof, mildew proof, tear resistant, acid resistant, lightweight, flexible under very cold conditions, and has grommets to allow it to be tied more securely to a vehicle. TC Cover comes in two colors: white or silver.

TC Covers can come in various sizes. For example, a small size could be used to cover or partially cover a small car or truck while a large size could be used to cover or partially cover a large van, truck, or SUV. Other types of vehicles could also be covered such as airplanes or helicopters which may crash land on freeways due to some type of malfunction. Providing various sizes makes it easier for safety personnel to attach this invention to a vehicle.

Text, messages, and/or logos can optionally be displayed on the fabric in view of passing motorists, such as displaying "Drive Safely" or "California Highway Patrol" with their official logo underneath.

Magnets are strong enough to hold TC Cover in place under normal conditions. The magnets are encased to prevent the magnets from breaking. Magnets are glued then sewed to the TC Cover using a double stitch pattern. While the magnets are not normally exposed, they are encased to avoid scratching the vehicle if they were exposed.

The polarity of the magnets can be used to maintain the shape of the traffic collision cover. For example, magnets which attract each other can be used to hold the corners of the traffic collision cover in place. This is beneficial if only half of the traffic collision cover size is desired to cover a vehicle. Optionally, once the magnets have been embedded or attached, they may be labeled, e.g., by using numbers, letters, color coded, +/- symbols, or any other symbols.

Grommets in the invention, if present, would typically be found along the edge of the fabric to allow safety personnel to tie down this invention to one or more vehicles using rope, string, ball ties, tie downs, tarp ties, bungee cords, hook-and-loop fasteners, or other means. As some vehicle exteriors are not made of steel or use less steel in their overall construction, the grommets can be used to tie down this product.

Holes may be placed in the fabric, for example, to provide a way to cover the vehicle with an external and extended radio antenna which does not retract.

TC Cover is also called TC Tarp^TM or a Traffic Collision Tarp^TM.