Wifi-connected cars could be the rule of the road

New technology could put the brakes on car collisions, according to U-M researchers.

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"ANN ARBOR, Mich. — As Debby Bezzina drives near her office here, her car beeps if she takes certain turns too fast or if another vehicle is, say, speeding into the same intersection she is in.

Bezzina's showing a taste of a future in which cars talk to each other, to the road and even to traffic signals. She's managing a federally funded pilot project of the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute. It wraps up in August, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to decide by year's end whether to take the first steps toward requiring cars to connect this way to improve safety and reduce congestion...

Vehicle-to-vehicle communication, what the researchers call V2V, is heading down a road many see leading to self-driving cars. And it's a natural next step now that automakers are increasingly adding features that slow and even stop cars when sensors detect crashes are imminent...." 

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