Sections: In the Press Dec 7th, 2006 2 Comments Both Renault and BMW have been working on technology to allow their cars to ‘talk’ to each other.
The driver of a vehicle coming across an accident on a lonely country road presses a button which automatically transmits the GPS coordinates to rescue teams and other vehicles heading in the same direction as the accident.
Minutes later other drivers can obtain the warning by digital radio.
So far, the system has worked between BMW and MINIs.
Results of the tests conducted with the prototypes will be passed onto the Car to Car Communication Consortium of eight car makers and research partners working on standardising frequencies for a global car-to-car communication system.
[ BMW and Renault cars to speak ] Monstersandcritics.com
Nathaniel Salzman Dec 7th, 2006 Link
Maybe this can evolve into a system that will display a “Move right” message to that slow SOB camping out in the left lane. Or maybe a “Don’t make me laugh” to the ‘94 Civic EX next to you at the traffic light revving his engine.
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