USA Department of Transport there is prepared a national road safety plan [PDF] this will cause the cars to communicate with each other. The agency hopes the widespread adoption of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology will increase its “commitment to a comprehensive approach to zero road deaths.” National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates Last year, 40,990 people died in car accidents.
V2X enables vehicles to communicate with each other, as well as with pedestrians, cyclists, other road users and roadside infrastructure. This allows them to share information such as their position and speed, as well as road conditions. They could do this in low-visibility situations, such as on curves and in dense fog. NPR notes.
It will require a range of mobile, in-vehicle and roadside technologies that can be deployed across the US. communicate effectively and safely while protecting people’s personal data, DoT said in its National V2X Deployment Plan. The agency said the smaller-scale deployment of V2X across the country has demonstrated safety advantages. Safety advocates claim the technology could prevent hundreds of thousands of accidents and reduce the impact of collisions by reducing impact speed.
The timeline for the DoT’s plan extends to 2036, by which time it hopes to have V2X fully deployed in the National Highway System, with the technology rolled out at 85 percent of signalized intersections for the top 75 metro areas and 20 vehicle models . It is V2X capable. In the short term, the agency aims to install V2X technology at 20 percent of the National Highway System and 25 percent of signalized intersections in major metro areas by 2028.
This will not be an easy task, as a wide range of stakeholders must be involved, including the Federal Communications Commission. Automaker suppliers (who will create V2X-enabling components), freight operators and software developers are also players in DoT’s vision.
There is some concern, particularly about how to pay for cybersecurity and technology deployment (although the Federal Highway Administration recently announced nearly $60 million in grants). Related to V2X). But V2X has the potential to prevent thousands of deaths and serious injuries.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said, “The department today reached an important milestone in developing a national plan for the transportation industry that has the power to save lives and change the way we travel.” said in the statement. “The department recognizes the potential safety benefits of V2X, and this plan will move us closer to nationwide adoption of this technology.”
“This plan is an important first step toward realizing the full life-saving potential of this technology — a technology that could prevent up to 615,000 crashes,” said Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB found that V2X deployments could have prevented many fatal crashes over the past several decades. Homendy noted. The agency was engaged in the protection of technology Since 1995.
As you can imagine, V2X is hardly a new concept. Several car manufacturers – including Audi, Toyota and Volkswagen — have long been working on ways for their cars to communicate with each other and with city infrastructure, in part because plays a role in autonomous management.
there was Efforts under the Obama administration making vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) connectivity a mandatory feature of new cars. However, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration nixed that plan under the Trump administration.
The rollout of V2X has been slowed by “regulatory uncertainty,” said John Bozzella, president and CEO of the Automotive Innovation Alliance, an automaker trade group. “It’s a reset button,” Bozzella said. NPR. “This deployment plan is a big deal. This is an important piece of this V2X puzzle.”
