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EU Reserves a Frequency For Talking Cars

Posted by kdawson on from the long-as-they-don't-use-cell-phones dept.

Iddo Genuth writes "The European Commission has recently decided to reserve, across Europe, part of the radio spectrum for smart vehicle communications systems. The decision is part of the Commission's overall fight against road accidents and traffic jams, and the hope is that vehicles' developers will create wireless communication technology that will allow cars to 'talk' to other cars and to the road infrastructure providers."

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  1. KITT by Daniel+Weis · · Score: 5, Funny

    But KITT always talked on the human audible range... Can you reserve that? Talk about road noise...

  2. Car viruses by Nycran · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just wait until we have car viruses. We could have cars that don't start, cars that seek out head-on collisions, and cars that start playing Rick Astley when you're out on a date.

  3. Re:High speed wireless by Nycran · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or worse, we end up with the iCar. Every car will have the same numberplate "STEVE", and will only drive to places on Apple's white list.