Mercedes-Benz System Stops Car at Red Light
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Mercedes-Benz System Stops Car at Red Light
Mercedes-Benz is working on a Smart Stop system that would automatically halt a car at a red light if the driver fails to see it. The wireless safety system would coordinate with intersections and other vehicles using wireless receivers.
The vehicle’s “conversation” would include a network that shares real-time local traffic data; it also would give a warning if a driver is accelerating when coming to a red light.
Don’t count on seeing this technology any time soon, though. It will require the installation of smart intersections that can communicate with the vehicle. This will mean a fundamental reinvention of German or U.S. intersections, which would require action on the federal, state and local levels as well as a ton of dough.
Smart Stop builds on current driver-assist systems like lane departure warning and proximity detectors, but a car stopping itself for a red light is a substantial leap forward for safety systems that correct driver behavior.
Mercedes-Benz will rely on a handful of trial installations. The automaker hopes the technology will become standardized in the next decade and appear at intersections across the country.
The vehicle’s “conversation” would include a network that shares real-time local traffic data; it also would give a warning if a driver is accelerating when coming to a red light.
Don’t count on seeing this technology any time soon, though. It will require the installation of smart intersections that can communicate with the vehicle. This will mean a fundamental reinvention of German or U.S. intersections, which would require action on the federal, state and local levels as well as a ton of dough.
Smart Stop builds on current driver-assist systems like lane departure warning and proximity detectors, but a car stopping itself for a red light is a substantial leap forward for safety systems that correct driver behavior.
Mercedes-Benz will rely on a handful of trial installations. The automaker hopes the technology will become standardized in the next decade and appear at intersections across the country.
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Sounds similar to the Toyota system(s) that was being tested earlier this year:
This GPS-linked system was tested to apply the brakes at stop signs in Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokohama and Osaka:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...afety-driving/
This signal/sensor-based system provided warnings and alerts for stop signs, stop lights, pedestrians, and cars:
http://www2.toyota.co.jp/en/news/09/0417.html
This GPS-linked system was tested to apply the brakes at stop signs in Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokohama and Osaka:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...afety-driving/
This signal/sensor-based system provided warnings and alerts for stop signs, stop lights, pedestrians, and cars:
http://www2.toyota.co.jp/en/news/09/0417.html
Last edited by encore888; 10-07-09 at 11:10 AM.
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