Your Car Will Be Networked To Every Other Car

Possibly as early as before the end of this decade every new car on the road will be connected to every other new car on the road. Cars may also be connected to traffic signs, traffic signals, smartphones and other devices. U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that this could prevent almost 600,000 crashes and save over 1,000 lives a year. The Government has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment from interested people by October 20, 2014. The proposed rule will be released in 2016.

The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute already has a Safety Pilot Model Deployment with almost 3,000 vehicles driven by volunteers. That program uses Dedicated Short Range Communications in its equipment over the 73 miles of roads around Ann Arbor, MI to collect data. Not only are vehicles involved in the communication, but the entire road transportation infrastructure will