What's next in vehicle to vehicle communications

Vehicle to vehicle communicationsThe next step in vehicle to vehicle communications

As we know it

Vehicular communication systems enable vehicles to communicate with each other. There are nodes of communication in this emerging trend. These nodes are put on roadsides as units and in the vehicles. These nodes interchange information regarding traffic and warnings about accidents and adverse conditions.

Need for change

According to statistics from World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 1.2 million people die in road accidents annually. The main objective of vehicular communication systems is to prevent traffic collision and thus provide safety. It harnesses the power of collaborative approach to solve the problem of congestion and accidents. Due to reduction of accidents and traffic, a significant amount of CO2 emission is reduced thus improving the environment. Apart for providing safety, the vehicle-to-vehicle communication system can also be used for effective traffic management, driver assistance, policing and enforcement, route and direction optimization, information related to travel, and automated highways. Vehicular communication systems also lead to green world. When accidents and traffic is reduced, it decreases CO2 emissions.

What?s Next?

1. GM vehicle to vehicle communications

GM vehicle-to-vehicle communicationsHelp avert up to 81 percent of crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

What?s new?

A new vehicle communications system is being developed by General Motors. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, this system will assist in averting up to 81 percent of road accidents. In this system, small mobile devices are used. These devices are similar to smart phone applications.

This vehicle communication will be used to alter the drivers about cars that have slowed down, vehicles that are stopping abruptly, and about the traffic light signals.

What difference will it make?

This will enable the drivers from preventing accidents to happen. Apart from reducing accidents, this system will also reduce traffic congestion and enable people to reach fast to their destinations.

Problems

This system is not available in market at present so how it will benefit is not clear.

2. Ford vehicle-to-vehicle communications

Ford vehicle-to-vehicle communicationPotential for leveraging WiFi and smartphones to extend quickly the number of participating vehicles

What?s new?

Ford is developing a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system, which will harness the potential of Wi-Fi and smart phones. The system will give a word of warning to the driver if there would be chances of a collision. The driver will then take action accordingly.

What difference will it make?

This system will increase awareness among the drivers and will let them know about any danger of collision. This will reduce or even eliminate the occurrence of collisions and crashes. It is estimated that this system will decrease up to 82 percent of crashes. It will provide abundance of travel related information to the driver. This will also include the real time data.

It captures information relate to environment of connected vehicle and the applications it employs, and then analyze this data. After analysis, it makes suggestions for transportation choices, which will be friendly to the environment. Thus apart from making the roads safe and traffic less congested, the vehicle-to-vehicle systems will also preserve the environment.

Problems

This system is neither a semi nor a fully autonomous system. Therefore, when the driver will receive the warning, it will be up to the driver to take the necessary steps to avoid the accident.

3. Volkswagen's Car-2-Car system

Volkswagen's Car-2-Car systemThe system aims to increase the levels of communications between cars of all makes and models eventually, and to hopefully improve road safety.

What?s new

The Car?2-Car communication technology of Volkswagen is a milestone in the automobile industry. This communication system was announced by Volkswagen four years back. The project is headed by a consortium. The consortium has Audi, DaimlerChrysler, Fiat, the BMW Group, Volkswagen, and Renault as its members. The system aims at increasing the safety on road by increasing communications between various makes of car. In order to make the system compatible with several manufacturers and brands, the Car-2-Car communication system is aiming at defining a universal protocol for communication between vehicles. This will enable the vehicles to communicate about the possible dangers and other important information. A vehicle encountering an unfavorable condition like fog, traffic jam or an accident will communicate the information to the other vehicles.

What difference will it make

The Car-2-Car communication technology by Volkswagen will enable safe roads by averting accidents. It will also enable the drivers to know about the condition of the road thus reducing the traffic congestion. Reduced traffic congestion will enable people to reach their destinations early. Reduction in traffic and accidents will result in less emission of CO2, thus preserving the environment.

Problems

Developing a standard communication protocol for all brands of car from different manufacturers is a big project. We will have to wait and see how it unfolds.

Source: http://www.automotto.com/entry/vehicle-vehicle-communications/

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