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When Will the Automotive Internet Arrive?

Posted by timothy on from the heavy-traffic-for-better-throughput dept.

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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  1. iPhone by Beer_Smurf · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Or just the small bit of programming that lets my iPhone know when it is in my car?
    Then it can give me all that data and I don't have to buy the expensive, soon obsolete hardware in the car.

  2. But seriously... Big Brothermobile? by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If something like this were to be implemented, your location would always be known. If not to the public, at least to the "authorities".

    I just do not see a practical way to keep the Big Brother aspects out of it, unless they were to build some kind of filter so that "the authorities" could not see personal information without a warrant or something. Heck, they could even set up a totally automated system to mail out speeding tickets. No police cars required.

    I'll pass, thanks very much.