When Will the Automotive Internet Arrive?

DeviceGuru writes "European researchers are developing a cooperative traffic system, known CVIS (Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems), comprised of vehicle-, roadside-, and central infrastructure-based communications hardware and software, including vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) wireless. Among other capabilities, cars communicate with each other and with 'smart traffic signals' to smooth the flow of traffic and avoid accidents, or with 'smart traffic signs' to avoid dangerous driving conditions. The CVIS project is in the midst of undergoing field trials in Europe, and Audi has recently deployed 15 test vehicles in a similar project. The ambitious vision of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) includes goals such as reduced traffic congestion and fuel consumption, enhanced safety, and improved driver and passenger comfort. Ultimately, the developers envision a sort of Automotive Internet."

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Re:Hopefully Never

[antifoidulus]

So in other words you are proposing an efficient public transport system.

I know that some Americans cannot grasp this(which is why I got the hell out of the country as soon as I could), but public transportation is NOT EVIL! It allows you to do something more enjoyable during your commute(read books, listen to music, play games, answer email etc.) without endangering other people all the while conserving fuel. Where is the problem with that? Instead Americans tend to view people who use public transportation(as well as bicycle commuters) as being "defective". Look at the dude who INTENTIONALLY rammed his SUV(what a surprise, an asshole in an SUV, perish the thought!) into the cyclists in San Fransisco. You don't hear about that shit in other, more civilized, countries. But in the US it's considered "cool" to harass people viewed as "defective"(see above).

But then again, this is a country where more than 1 person voted for George W. Bush, so I guess I should expect as much.