[Voliscietle]

I had thought this still a science fiction, but a trial is underway.

" About 3,000 vehicles equipped to share information about their speed and location have hit the roads in Ann Arbor, Mich., as part of a research project into so-called connected vehicles.

The wireless technology enables the vehicles and the traffic infrastructure to "talk" to each other in real time to help avoid crashes and improve traffic flow, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, which is running the test in conjunction with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.

Passenger cars, commercial trucks and transit buses equipped to communicate, along with roadside data equipment, will be used in the 30-month program starting this week.

The special vehicles will send electronic data messages and receive messages from other equipped vehicles, translating the data into driver warnings of specific hazardous traffic scenarios, the Transportation Department said.



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From Los Angeles Times ‏@latimes

Cars that 'talk' to each other getting safety test in Michigan http://lat.ms/QntKOD