The Department of Transportation has announced plans to start testings vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure technologies in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The vehicle to vehicle technology will be tested in hopes that the cars internal computers will communicate with each other to reduce risks of accidents and traffic.
The Department of Transportation has announced plans to conduct the largest ever real-world testing of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure technologies. The testing will be conducted in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The safety technologies are believed to constitute the next generation of auto safety devices, and anyone who's interested in auto safety or auto technology will find these developments thrilling. The testing will involve close to 3,000 cars, trucks and buses.
Vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure technology allows vehicles to communicate with each other. These vehicles use Wi-Fi signals in order to communicate with other vehicles that are also equipp
ed with the technology. This ensures that vehicles are alerted to the possibilities of accidents or collision hazards.
For instance, a vehicle may be alerted when another vehicle in its path runs a red light. Without this kind of information, a person may be at risk of being involved in a deadly side-impact broad siding accident. However, when this vehicle receives information that the other vehicle has run a red light, an accident can be averted.
Ultimately, vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to -infrastructure technologies will help reduce devastating accidents like rear-ender collisions, broad siding or T-bone accidents, accidents that occur when a vehicle changes lanes inappropriately, and accidents that occur after a vehicle runs a red light.
Obviously, for a system like this to work efficiently, it is important that as many automobiles in the vicinity be equipped with the technology as possible. The Department of Transportation is already looking ahead to a world where every car on the road will be equipped with this technology and will be able to communicate with each other.
Already, auto makers like General Motors and Ford have announced that they are working on incorporating such technologies in their vehicles.
