U.S. Government Plans Vehicle To Vehicle Communication Rule: Now Vehicles Will Talk To Each Other

Now vehicles will talk with each other about their speed and directions ten times per second according to U.S. regulators proposal.

As per The Wall Street Journal, U.S. regulators proposed that they require all new cars to feature technology which will allow them to 'talk' to each other. It is a step toward modernizing vehicles to use the airwaves for anticipating and avoiding crashes.

This Tuesday, the Transportation Department proposed a rule mandating called vehicle to vehicle communications or V2V on all new light vehicles which will enable vehicles to transmit their data like location, speed, direction ten times per second.

As stated in U.S. News, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said that "V2V will provide 360-degree situational awareness on the road." He also added that they are trying hard to realize the potential of transportation technology to save lives.

80 percent collision which won't involve drugs or alcohol will be prevented by this technology according to officials. Previous year on 2015, traffic fatalities topped 35,000 in which more than 90% of the time it was due to human's mistake.

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers sees this technology as complementary to automated safety features which are nowadays added to the vehicles.

V2V technology lets vehicles detect when another vehicle is about to run a red light, is breaking hard, changing lanes or coming around a blind turn for a drive to prevent a crash.

This technology is on developing period for more than a decade, government and automakers are working together for this technology. Vehicles would be required to speak the same language through standardize messaging.

The Federal Highway Administration will help transportation planners by integrating two-way wireless technology into roadway infrastructures like traffic lights, stop signs and work zones. According to this, traffic lines would know when to change signs like stay green to avoid unnecessary waiting and reduce congestion.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a 90-day comment period and they expect that it will be about a year to make it final. According to the proposal, 50 percent of new vehicles will have technology within 2 years and 100 percent of vehicles within four years.

V2V messages are anonymous so that hackers cannot get information like a driver, owner of the vehicle, vehicle identification number or license plate, vehicle make or model. The messages are of brief duration and not retained so it is not possible to determine the location of a vehicle using the message.

The Federal Communication Commission is testing to see whether the airways can be safely shared and sharing the spectrum with Wi-Fi would interface with V2V signals.