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Peer to Peer Networking for Road Traffic

Posted by Zonk on from the look-for-gridguide-coming-soon-from-saeder-krupp dept.

alecclews writes "The BBC is reporting on some German research to allow the exchange of information between road vehicles about travel conditions using peer to peer networking (I assume some sort of mesh). Cars or bikes experiencing problems would pass data that would ripple down the chain of vehicles behind them. 'For example, cars could spot oil on the road by combining temperature readings with wheel traction information. A wheel slipping on the road even though the temperature was not low enough for frost or ice would suggest oil or another slippery substance was present. Once a car detected this sort of danger, information about it would be generated and passed down the line of vehicles approaching the patch of oil.'"

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  1. Re:good and bad by cheater512 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even better. If your late for a meeting just fire up a laptop and tell all the cars that there has been a major crash.

    Everyone avoids it allowing you to get to your meeting in time.

  2. Great idea! by NtroP · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now any idiot with the right cantenna can bring any highway to a crawl by inserting bogus messages into the mesh. "Look out! Slippery road. Warning, stopped traffic ahead. Pull over, emergency vehicle approaching from behind. Look, Elvis!"

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    1. Re:Great idea! by haakondahl · · Score: 4, Funny
      "Soon, our vehicles will all drive themselves."

      "Soon, our vehicles will all talk to each other."

      Soon, our vehicles will all get tickets for driving while talking on the phone.

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  3. Up with which I will not put by malia8888 · · Score: 3, Funny

    When the motorbike comes after to the point of danger, information has been spread out by wireless network and the danger will be propagated to the driver in the motorbike Dr Anselm Blocher

    I read this three times and thought I was retarded. :P

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  4. Re:Snow crash by agent+dero · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know why I'm posting to /. on a saturday night, but I think you just made it blatantly obvious why you are...

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  5. Re:good and bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    (I assume some sort of mesh)
    Really? I would think a bus topology would be more appropriate. Arr, arr