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Old 03-06-2014, 11:21pm   #9
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I fear the upcoming V2V regulations are gonna' send a lot more cars (i.e. mainstream, bread-and butter vehicles) to the crusher, too.

Vehicle to Vehicle communications uses GPS (which almost all new cars already have) to enable Car A to communicate its location (as well as speed and direction) to Car B, so that (as an example) Car B would “know” that Car A is not stopping for that red light and thus Car B’s computer-controlled drivetrain would automatically slow/brake the vehicle to avoid a collision.
Net result of that will be more and more drivers that don't bother to learn how to drive and will depend on the nanny to keep them safe....
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