ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- It
is "inevitable" that U.S. automobile manufacturers will use technology
that will allow vehicle-to-vehicle communications, an auto executive
said.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood
was in Ann Arbor, Mich., this week to launch a yearlong pilot project
that will test vehicle-to-vehicle wireless communications.
The technology works with Global Positioning Systems to ease traffic
congestion and prevent accidents that may be caused by conditions beyond
a driver's line of sight.
"Vehicle-to-vehicle communication has the potential to be the
ultimate game-changer in roadway safety but we need to understand how to
apply the technology in an effective way in the real world," National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administrator Director David
Strickland said in a statement.
The University of Michigan will oversee road tests for 3,000 vehicles equipped with the wireless technology in the study.
The NHTSA said the technology could prevent 80 percent of accidents
associated with rear-end collisions, blind intersections and from
vehicles that may stop quickly but are beyond a driver's direct line of
sight.
LaHood said road tests are necessary to determine whether the program
is worthwhile. Participants include manufactures ranging from Ford
Motor Co. to Honda.
"We do think this (technology) is inevitable," Bill Konstantacos, who
is in charge of research for Honda in America, told Bloomberg News.
Source;
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Technology/2012/08/22/Talking-cars-inevitable-says-Honda/UPI-89431345638151/
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