1. A system, comprising: at least one image capture device configured to acquire a plurality of images of an area in a vicinity of a user vehicle; a data interface; and at least one processing device configured to: receive the plurality of images captured by the image capture device through the data interface; determine, based on analysis of the plurality of images, at least one predicted path of the user vehicle; and compute at least one vertical contour of a road along the at least one predicted path of the user vehicle, wherein the at least one vertical contour is associated with a temporal reference specifying a time to modify an operation of a component of the user vehicle.