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Honda Makes Motorcycle Talk To Oncoming Cars

Posted by timothy on from the ground-traffic-control dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The system generates warnings to riders and drivers of other vehicles by continuous exchange of positioning data from satellite GPS sources. This is particularly relevant as road users approach intersections, alerting them to other vehicles that are potentially on a collision course, allowing avoidance manoeuvres."

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  1. Link to original article at Honda by MLopat · · Score: 4, Informative

    www.hondanews.eu

  2. good for safety? many cars pull out in front of MC by molo · · Score: 3, Informative

    This could be very good for the safety of motorcyclists if widely deployed. Many motorcycle accidents involve cars pulling out in front of motorcycles and the car driver saying that they didn't see the motorcycle.

    My only concern is for privacy. The broadcast message should not include the VIN or any other unique identifier that could be used for tracking.

    More at the Honda Site. It seems to use a Car-to-Car protocol that is in development.

    All this kit though looks like it would add significant cost to a motorcycle. :(

    -molo

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  3. Not new. by Falconhell · · Score: 4, Informative

    Glider pilots developed a low cost collision avoidance system called FLARM.

    The small-size, low-cost, low-power device FLARM broadcasts its own position and speed vector (as obtained with an integrated GPS) over a license-free ISM band radio transmission. At the same time it listens to other devices based on the same standard. Intelligent motion prediction algorithms predict short-term conflicts and warn the pilot accordingly by acoustical and visual means. FLARM incorporates a high-precision WAAS 16-channel GPS receiver and an integrated low-power radio transceiver.

    See www.FLARM.com