The Federal Government is trying to decide whether or not to require automobile manufacturers who sell cars in this country to install technology that enables cars to communicate with each other; theoretically, cars reporting each others' positions could prevent all accidents except those caused by mechanical failure and drunk driving. A transponder would continually transmit the vehicle's position, speed and direction.
I can just see it now: You get into your car, buckle up and tell your car to drive you to your cousin's house. The response: "Don't bug me; I'm busy talking with that cute pink Maserati coming down the street."
Supposing you're heading down the highway and there's a car coming from the opposite direction. All of the sudden, a third car appears from a side road and your car automatically swerves to the left; the oncoming car automatically swerves to the right to avoid you, goes off a cliff and kills all occupants. Had you not been over-ruled by your own car, you would have would have braked and swerved to the right, opting for the shoulder or corn field where all lives would be spared. What are the legal and insurance ramifications. Who are they going to sue, you or your car?
Will your car prevent you from speeding? If you're going to have to pass a car that's going too slow, will your car prevent you from exceeding the speed limit in order to get around the other guy? If you see a 700 pound gorilla sauntering across the road, will your car prevent you from slamming on the brakes and swerving to avoid hitting the gorilla, just because there's a little old lady from Pasadena on her Cushman motor scooter five miles behind you?
What language will they use to communicate with each other? Suppose one car is owned by an Apache and the other one is owned by a Navajo... What language will the cars use to communicate? If you grab your girlfriend and head for a motel to cheat on your wife, what's the danger of your car running YOU over a cliff? If your car doesn't like the way you cleaned the windshield, is it going to chase you down and run you over?
On the other hand, this would be really a good solution for liberal drivers. They usually have their heads so far up their own rear-ends that they couldn't see the highway without a glass stomach.
Illegetimi non carborundum.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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transponder would continually transmit the vehicle’s position, heading,
speed and other information 10 times per second in all directions using
radio signals similar to Wi-Fi.
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Read the rest of this Patriot Update article here: http://patriotupdate.com/2014/02/feds-decide-car-car-communications/#iSRYKXZlybuXLQb1.99
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transponder would continually transmit the vehicle’s position, heading,
speed and other information 10 times per second in all directions using
radio signals similar to Wi-Fi.
Read the rest of this Patriot Update article here: http://patriotupdate.com/2014/02/feds-decide-car-car-communications/#iSRYKXZlybuXLQb1.99
Read the rest of this Patriot Update article here: http://patriotupdate.com/2014/02/feds-decide-car-car-communications/#iSRYKXZlybuXLQb1.99
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transponder would continually transmit the vehicle’s position, heading,
speed and other information 10 times per second in all directions using
radio signals similar to Wi-Fi.
Read the rest of this Patriot Update article here: http://patriotupdate.com/2014/02/feds-decide-car-car-communications/#iSRYKXZlybuXLQb1.99
Read the rest of this Patriot Update article here: http://patriotupdate.com/2014/02/feds-decide-car-car-communications/#iSRYKXZlybuXLQb1.99
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