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Making the Roads Safer Through the Internet of Everything

- June 18, 2013 - 4 Comments


Wouldn’t it be great if you could stop an accident before it happened or at least lessen your chances of being involved in one? In the future, connected roads, cars and drivers will be able to gather data to make informed decisions about traffic, weather and other vehicles on the road creating – quite literally – a communication highway. Vehicle speed and driver attention, enabled by automation features, will be communicated to surrounding drivers and help those sharing the road prevent accidents. By sharing this data with other vehicles, drivers can make cautious decisions based on if drivers around them are paying attention to the road, distracted or traveling at unsafe rate of speed.

A deeper look into the future of connected vehicles and how humans currently utilize transportation gives way to the idea that one day, we will not drive our own cars at all. All vehicles communicating data with one another will eventually lead to self-driving cars that will deliver safer road conditions and more predictability while driving. According to Ford, today there are about 1 billion cars on the road. By 2050, 4 billion cars will be in operation with an estimated 70% self-driving. The technology represents the role IoE plays in creating safety, sustainability and efficiency.

Would you ride in a connected vehicle? Comment below or tweet me at @DaveTheFuturist.


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  1. The idea seems to be more challenging, as compared to the internet and how it operates the cars travelling on the road may operate the same. But lot of factors have to be considered like speed, direction, distance etc.If we consider about the data which will be moving between the cars, is it possible not to loose data on the air due to some interference or some other causes.

  2. of course the subjects draws much anticipated attension for tech lovers and drivers alike. However, efficiency and defectless system of this calibre may not be guarenteed even with outstanding facts. Hence, besides all the most important aspects to put in mind, the biggest problem that may be encountered here, as with all other networked devices (nodes) may be virus and inteference. Now, one other factor to worry is the ratio of self drivers to that of manual drivers on the road. what possible flaws can be made of this i.e. if the two would driving on the same roads...

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  4. How long will it take for mainstream implementation?