A portable wireless transceiver includes a receiver for monitoring transmissions from neighboring transceivers to select a transceiver to use for communications. The variable vane body is formed of a first material. A filtering process is applied to the first data set to create a second data set, wherein invalid data is removed by the filtering process. The impact protection device is advantageously thin and lightweight and can be easily stored in the trunk of a vehicle for rapid deployment during a hail storm.