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Government to require vehicle-to-vehicle communication as safety measure [Big Gov't Knows Best]
News Herald ^ | 2/3/14 | Dana Hull

Posted on 02/04/2014 4:57:37 AM PST by SoFloFreeper

In a move that signals a great technological leap forward for the auto industry, the federal government announced Monday that it will take steps to require all new cars and light trucks to communicate with each other, with the hopes of drastically reducing the total of more than 30,000 vehicle deaths each year.

The technology, known as “vehicle-to-vehicle” or “V2V,” gives cars the ability to “talk” to each other and exchange safety data such as speed and position. If a nearby car abruptly changes lanes and moves into another car’s blind spot, the car would be alerted. The technology relies on vehicles repeatedly sending wireless signals to each other via a dedicated short-range radio network

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cars; overreaching; transportation
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To: Mycroft Holmes
The only ways to increase capacity is by stacking roads vertically or stacking cars "nut-to-butt" horizontally

Since 1 in 8 are here illegally, kicking illegals out would free up a lot of road space so there wouldn't need to be new roads.

41 posted on 02/04/2014 7:13:27 AM PST by bgill
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To: Age of Reason

I think if someone wanted to rebuild 20 year-old volvos, toyotas and fords to near showroom condition and sell them at a fair profit it would be a fine way to recycle and give people a choice to be untracked.


42 posted on 02/04/2014 7:20:09 AM PST by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Until it starts malfunctioning and actually CAUSING 38 car pileups.


43 posted on 02/04/2014 7:27:49 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Age of Reason

Same here. To reset the clock in my Jaguar I have to pull out the owners manual....so I just leave it alone and subtract an hour off the time.
Our Mercedes?! Forget about it.


44 posted on 02/04/2014 7:37:48 AM PST by sheana
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To: SoFloFreeper

I know exactly how this is going to work:

So many false alarms, people will pull the wire or fuse to the alarm noise maker. I know I would. I did this in the early days when cars made annoying buzzer noises for everything under the sun. Once they switched to pleasant chimes for various alerts, I didn’t mind so much.


45 posted on 02/04/2014 7:42:10 AM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: catnipman

A 100 dollar hook on the top of each car will fix the transportation system. A car breaks down, a helicopter comes, hooks up the car and tows it off the road.

A stupid idea but just as stupid as what the government is proposing.


46 posted on 02/04/2014 8:06:07 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Insurgent Conservative)
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To: ThunderSleeps
I’m a software guy.... This could be my retirement plan. Seriously.

I also plan to ride on the CAN bus :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN_bus


47 posted on 02/04/2014 8:17:33 AM PST by Bobalu (Happiness is a fast ISR)
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To: sheana

That’s right about the clock, too!


48 posted on 02/04/2014 12:43:47 PM PST by Age of Reason
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