In an effort to improve road safety, a consortium of Virginia schools is set to begin testing cars that can communicate with each other in Fairfax County.
Self-driving cars these ain't--not yet. But these vehicles will be able to send each other alerts about weather, traffic or other safety problems.
Imagine your car receiving a message from another car 10 minutes ahead of you that says, "Whoa! Slippery conditions ahead. Stay alert!"
Initially, the tests will include vehicles operated by the Virginia Department of Transportation, but in the spring, researchers will look for 200 volunteers to install the data collection units, about the size of an E-Z Pass, inside their own cars.
Connected vehicles could be ubiquitous in the next five years, researchers said.
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