Nissan Saving Pedestrians' Lives

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Nissan Saving Pedestrians' Lives

Posted Apr 19th 2007 2:56PM by Terrence O'Brien

Filed under: Car Tech, Cell Phones

 

 

 

Nissan is expanding its Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) to include features that help drivers avoid hitting pedestrians. Nissan's ITS gathers data from -- and sends data to -- road-side beacons and other vehicles to avoid traffic congestion and subsequently collisions with other cars on the road. This new feature will utilize drivers' Global Positioning Systems (GPS) or 3G cellular data-enabled devices to send information to vehicles with ITS receivers to determine if there is a pedestrian nearby.

 

Nissan is hoping that its ITS can reduce accidents by half and reduce CO2 emissions by alleviating congestion. Unfortunately, ITS won't be leaving the trial phase till at least the end of the decade.

 

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Facinating!