A method at a computing device for dedicated short range communication with traffic offload, the method including utilizing a radio in a communications subsystem on the computing device for a first category of communications; determining, at the computing device, that a trigger condition has been met; and splitting operation of the radio in the communications subsystem of the computing device, the splitting comprising utilizing a first portion of the radio for the first category of communications and a second portion of the radio for a second category of communications.