Sep 2014 24

NHTSA Move Ahead with Plans For V2V Technology

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced at the beginning of the year that it was in theearly stages of developing vehicle-to-vehicle technology which would help to significantly reduce accidents. Recently, NHTSA released a report outlining a proposal for the technology along with research backing up the benefit of V2V. In this report, NHTSA outlines important features such as privacy, technical feasibility, safety benefit, security and estimated of cost that must be factors into the creation of this new technology.

Two of the features highlighted in the report include Left Turn Assist (LTA) and Intersection Movement Assist (IMA). LTA provides a warning to drivers making a left turn when another vehicle is approaching from the opposite direction. IMA assists drivers as they are driving through an intersection. NHTSA estimates that these two technologies have the ability to to prevent as many as 592,000 crashes and save 1,083 lives each year.

Additional benefits of V2V technology is that it helps to warn drivers about the possible dangers from blind spots, stop light/stop sign warnings and forward collisions just to name a few. With the submission of this new report NHTSA is hoping to move ahead with the development of this technology with a ruling presented by 2016.

“By warning drivers of imminent danger, V2V technology has the potential to dramatically improve highway safety,” said NHTSA Deputy Administrator, David Friedman. “V2V technology is ready to move toward implementation and this report highlights the work NHTSA and DOT are doing to bring this technology and its great safety benefits into the nation’s light vehicle fleet.”

Original Source: http://www.gizmag.com/nhtsa-vehicle-to-vehicle-technology/33574/