From the U.S National Transportation Safety Board we hear that they want vehicles to communicate with each other to avoid unwanted accidents and help drivers communicate with each other better.
This idea came about after a collision between a Mack truck and school bus at a intersection in New Jersey on February 16, 2012. One student was killed and five others were seriously injured.
After hearing this, the NTSB concluded that vehicle technology could have prevented this crash if the bus driver received warnings through machine to machine communication.
Acting fast, the NTSB already has researchers developing machine to machine technology, Intel partnering with the National Taiwan University on M2M (machine to machine) connectivity, and the Alliance of Automobile Manufactures giving support with a radio spectrum used for M2M communication.
All participating agree that M2M communication will save thousands of lives each year.
Now it is up to the consumer to stop jamming to their radios so they can communicate with other cars. Would you do it?
Sources: Computerworld
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