Introduction to Vehicle to Vehicle Communication Imagine you are driving into an intersection after the light turns green. As you pull into the intersection another vehicle runs the red light and broadsides your car. If only there had been a device in your car that warned you about the vehicle’s approach, the collision may have been completely averted. In fact, this technology exists and is called Vehicle to Vehicle communication (MIT). Vehicle to Vehicle communication (V2V) is an emerging and transformative technology that has the potential to make driving safer, relieve congestion, and generally make road travel a better experience for all. Vehicle to Vehicle communication is a general term for technologies that facilitate ad hoc wireless data transmission between vehicles driving on the road and infrastructure alongside it, using dedicated short range communication (DSRC) technologies such as the 802.11p protocol, which was approved in 2010 as the standard protocol for vehicle based communication networks (IEEE). Using these protocols, vehicles share information as simple as location and speed or information as complex as electronic stability control data. These technologies may seem to be science fiction, but in fact they are being developed and deployed today by companies such as Mercedes Benz and General Motors. Initially, we planned to investigate the applications of V2V communications to autonomous vehicles only, but we later found that its applicability goes well beyond autonomous vehicles and shifted focus to V2V technologies more broadly. The Current V2V Market Vehicle to Vehicle communication is a relatively young technology with little market penetration. Gartner calls V2V a transformative technology and estimates th... ... middle of paper ... ...wireless vehicle communications and proposed that progress should halt until proven otherwise (Shephard). Conclusion Even though vehicle to vehicle communication has the potential to be a totally transformative technology with widespread benefits, we do not recommend investing in the V2V market now. The initial capital costs are too high, the return on investment for early adopters is expected to be too low, and the current players are entrenched behemoths. We think that it will be difficult or impossible to gain enough market share to compete with manufacturers that are directly integrating solutions into their own vehicles. Another issue with investing now is the lack of public understanding for V2V, specifically regarding safety and privacy. It may be better to wait to enter the market until the public better understands the systems and the benefits they bring. 6
Imagine that your car could detect hazardous roads before you could sense it? A feature that provides this type of protective driving exists within European cars. This valuable safety feature that is offered in European cars i...
Self-driving cars are now hitting a few roadways in America, and are showing people just a small glimpse into what could be the future of automobiles. Although Google’s self-driving cars are getting a lot of attention now, the idea of a self-driving car has been around for quite a while actually. These cars have been tested to their limits, but the American people have yet to adopt the technology into their everyday lives. A brief description of their history, how they work, and finally answer the question, will self-driving cars ever be adopted widely by the American public?
Today, OnStar has helped nearly 10 million people get the help they needed, even when they were unable to ask for the help themselves. After 20 years since being launched, OnStar has led the forefront of the connected car revolution making driving easier, safer and better for subscribers. OnStar includes a myriad of services such as in vehicle safety, automatic crash response, stolen vehicle assistance, turn by turn navigation, remote start, and remote locking and unlocking. A vehicle equipped with OnStar can analyze the vehicles On Board Diagnostics (OBD) as it is being driven, proactively detect likely vehicle problems, and notify the driver when maintenance is needed. OnStar services can monitor crash sensors and automatically alert the authorities, provide audio-links between passengers and emergency personnel, and provide GPS based locations.
In the past twenty years, our society has experienced a tremendous boom in the advancement of technology. From smartphones, to portable GPS units, to advanced radio systems, there is no doubt our society’s technological discoveries have grown rapidly. Often than not, when a nations technology advancements grow, there is usually a price that comes with it. Will it be safe for the consumer? Or more specifically, is it safe to use while the consumer is behind the wheel of a moving vehicle? Although some may disagree on prohibiting the use of electronic devices while behind the wheel of a moving vehicle, many already support the ban on such devices while driving, because it poses high safety risks for not only the driver of that vehicle, but also to other drivers on the road. Let us focus our attention to three main devices we cannot travel without— our smartphones, our vehicles radio system, and our handy GPS units. It is not very uncommon to spot one, if not all, of these devices in somebody’s car nowadays. We rely heavily on our technologies to make it easier for us to communicate with our loved ones, to route us to our destination, and to keep us alert and entertained on our long road trips. Rarely, though, do we consider any of these acts to be a hazard to ourselves or to others.
It is the year 2015. Technology immerses us into a pit of pleasure, ease and luxury. We are enlightened by fancy Smartphones, fast computers, and simple online shopping. At this point, the human race is striving to create or destroy anything that is willing to harm us. We are at war against ourselves and we are not taking enough action against the fatal occurrences that happen everyday. We collect data to show the safeties and dangers of activities that we participate in every day, but we continue to emerge ourselves deeper and deeper into the statistic that automobile accidents are. Keeping all road-users aware of statistics, laws, and the dangers of speeding is the key factor in preventing the 2.35 million injuries and 40 thousand deaths
Modern vehicles have taken up the call, pun intended, to integrate with cell phones. It is not surprising either as a recent report has shown that there are more smart phones and mobile media phones in than there are people in the world (independent) and that the average person spends 2 hours plus a day using mobile apps (Cnet). That equals an outstanding 730+ hours per person per year. Because apps and cellphones have been at the front of automobile safety, resulting in much legislation preventing the use of certain applications, phones, and features, Apple and automotive manufactures have joined together to create Apple CarPLay.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), fatalities involving a vehicle have reduced by 64% from 1994 to 2013[2]. Many of these accidents are avoidable and some occur in a variety of situations. These situations include times when a distracted driver collides with a vehicle in its blind spot while attempting to change lanes, or fails to notice a stopped vehicle ahead to properly apply the brakes in time. Through the aid of modern technology, more accidents can be avoided. Automotive Sixth Sense is a transformation of non-autonomous vehicles into autonomous vehicles. Automotive Aftermarket Automatic Accident Avoidance Apparatus (A6th) will help to reduce collisions. This aftermarket product accomplishes goals
There will be a day when driving will not require a license. Children will be traveling on their own, teens will be texting while driving, adults will be doing their jobs while driving, and the elderly who are visually or physically impaired will be able to transport themselves (Symonds). This will be made possible through new technological car advancements that will enable a car to be driverless. With technology increasing exponentially, and our everyday lives getting busier and busier, we need a solution. Weeks of productivity are lost each year by Americans (Pollette). Driverless cars will cause this issue to vanish by reducing delays and smoothing traffic flow (Winston). Most technology will have flaws, and this is also true for driverless cars’ technology. Improvements are being made to enhance the car (Pollette), but accidents will still take place. Despite the flaws, driverless cars will make trips shorter, and when trips are long, we will be able to multitask.
The invention of the cell phones have changed the lifestyle, and the way people communicate. Despite their effective way of communication, the use of a cell phones while driving results in negative effects to driving performance. Many statics show that driving while talking is a serious issue, because it is the cause of many accidents. The solution is to make cell phone use while driving illegal, and creating phone applications or preventions that will make it difficult to text while in a vehicle. Furthermore, operating a cell phone at the wheel is on the verge of being banned by law in every state, and some have already started this solution to the problem. Cell phones have now become a necessity but have also become a burdens to the human
Companies like Google, Tesla and Nissan, among others, have announced over the past few years that their companies are trying to develop self-driving or autonomous cars [Ref. 1 and 2]. Self-driving cars can provide many benefits to the average consumer. Studies have shown that because computers can react and process information many times faster than a human being, crashes on streets and roads can be decreased with quick and consistent evasion maneuvers by the autonomous car. They can also help maximize fuel economy by calculating the most direct and fastest routes. When the driving of an autonomous car demonstrates that the computer can safely and reliably transport the passengers to their destination, this frees up the passengers to do other things that they would not normally be able to do if they were driving the car manually. For this reason, self-driving cars can help maximize productivity of their passengers.
The fast population growth rate of humans means that the necessity for transportation vehicles is also enormously increasing. Studies have shown that in 1999 the worldwide number of vehicles registered was 700 million. From this huge number of vehicles, the US has a
Installed systems inside vehicles have become a process of differentiation to understand customers looking for cars with more than just the ability to transport people from one point to another. Introducing of information systems inside vehicles has enabled manufacturers to provide their customers with extra functionality, by means of improving the desirability of the the product towards satisfying customers and at the same time enabling new business style and models through the supplying of efficient services to customers. And this changes the existence of competition in the automobile industry
Technology is evolving faster than ever these days, however there is one technology that could revolutionize the transportation industry. This technology is called autonomous cars, also known as self-driving cars. Autonomous cars can be defined as a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment, and navigating without human input. Using different techniques such as GPS and radar, autonomous cars can detect surroundings, thus removing the human element in driving. This would have a positive effect in more ways than we could ever imagine. Research suggests that self-driving cars will become more abundant in the future because they will be more cost-effective, enhance safety, and decrease traffic congestion.
The fact that driverless car sensors can detect the errors of other human-driven cars is extraordinary. Human driven cars are trying to stick to the status quo of the roads when in reality human driven cars are breaking valuable innovation that will make the roads safer for generations to come.
When we take Big data arena Review vehicle is off-roadway detection technology that is developing fast. Compared with the other two types of sensors mentioned above, probe vehicles also require in-vehicle devices in addition to fixed infrastructure. Current probe vehicle technologies include Global Positioning System (GPS), cellular phones, Bluetooth, Ground-Based Radio Navigation, Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) and Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) (Turner et al., 1998; Martin et al., 2003). With enough analysis vehicles, they could also provide real-time traffic information at individual vehicle level. However, subsequently only part of the vehicles are prepared with in-vehicle devices, some