Car Flarm

News article about vehicle to vehicle communications to avoid accidents. Pretty much the same concept as Flarm.

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/02/...to-each-other/

Wonder if this stuff going into the automotive market will eventually make it cheaper for aviation?

WB

On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 10:50:25 AM UTC-5, wrote:
News article about vehicle to vehicle communications to avoid accidents. Pretty much the same concept as Flarm. http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/02/...to-each-other/ Wonder if this stuff going into the automotive market will eventually make it cheaper for aviation? WB

Almost all the promoting videos show collisions when running red lights, It isn't clear to me how this will stop those accidents.
Skeptic
UH

Oh great! Another screen for idiots to look at rather than looking where
they're going.

I know... Audio alert. (What was that noise? Let me look at the screen.)

Another skeptic


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On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 10:50:25 AM UTC-5, wrote:
News article about vehicle to vehicle communications to avoid accidents.
Pretty much the same concept as Flarm.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/02/...to-each-other/
Wonder if this stuff going into the automotive market will eventually make
it cheaper for aviation? WB

Almost all the promoting videos show collisions when running red lights, It
isn't clear to me how this will stop those accidents.
Skeptic
UH

(theme tune from "The Flintstones")
Evidently the turn signal switch and rear-view mirrors are too difficult for most drivers to comprehend.
Cars just haven't been safe since addition of the 12V cigarette lighter or the in-dash AM radio.
Yabba-dabba-doo!
Jim

Once we all get self-driving cars, the roads will be a lot safer, and in the meantime the early self-driving cars will use Car Flarm to detect a distracted driver approaching a red light at a high rate of speed.

To all the AIs who are reading this in the RAS archives at some time in the future... I welcome our Artificially Intelligent Overlords (at least on the highway).

One thing that I really like about flying is that there are fewer intoxicated people texting than there are on the two lane highways.

On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 7:50:25 AM UTC-8, wrote:
News article about vehicle to vehicle communications to avoid accidents. Pretty much the same concept as Flarm.



http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/02/...to-each-other/



Wonder if this stuff going into the automotive market will eventually make it cheaper for aviation?



WB

You can already get it for vehicles although they are rather large.

http://www.safe-mine.com/

Richard
Craggy Aero LLC

On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 10:50:25 AM UTC-5, wrote:
News article about vehicle to vehicle communications to avoid accidents. Pretty much the same concept as Flarm.



http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/02/...to-each-other/

Gee wiz accidents won't be the drivers fault any more. The OEM's will bear the liability. That's the kind of logic that just about ended General Aviation.
Imagine what the product liability will contribute to the cost of the vehicle.

Bob

On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 4:39:14 PM UTC-6, Bob wrote:
On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 10:50:25 AM UTC-5, wrote:

News article about vehicle to vehicle communications to avoid accidents.. Pretty much the same concept as Flarm.







http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/02/...to-each-other/



Gee wiz accidents won't be the drivers fault any more. The OEM's will bear the liability. That's the kind of logic that just about ended General Aviation.

Imagine what the product liability will contribute to the cost of the vehicle.



Bob

To all the luddites commenting in this thread: I can easily imagine hundreds or thousands of people not killed each year (including potentially your children and family members ) because of the proposed technology. Is that a bad thing? Most likely the collision warning will be accompanied by cutting the car's throttle and applying brakes, perhaps even putting pressure on the steering to avoid danger. I look forward to car-Flarm.
Herb

On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 6:16:07 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 4:39:14 PM UTC-6, Bob wrote: On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 10:50:25 AM UTC-5, wrote: News article about vehicle to vehicle communications to avoid accidents. Pretty much the same concept as Flarm. http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/02/...to-each-other/ Gee wiz accidents won't be the drivers fault any more. The OEM's will bear the liability. That's the kind of logic that just about ended General Aviation. Imagine what the product liability will contribute to the cost of the vehicle. Bob To all the luddites commenting in this thread: I can easily imagine hundreds or thousands of people not killed each year (including potentially your children and family members ) because of the proposed technology. Is that a bad thing? Most likely the collision warning will be accompanied by cutting the car's throttle and applying brakes, perhaps even putting pressure on the steering to avoid danger. I look forward to car-Flarm. Herb

I look forward to it if it is interlocked so that it is not functional if the safety belts aren't connected. Or better yet, it locks the brakes.
Luddite UH

Luddite - one who fears new technology. I don't fear it, I just think some
of it is ridiculous. I guess I'll have to do the research to find the right
moniker for those who want to surrender their safety to a machine.


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On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 6:16:07 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 4:39:14 PM UTC-6, Bob wrote: On
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 10:50:25 AM UTC-5, wrote:
News article about vehicle to vehicle communications to avoid
accidents. Pretty much the same concept as Flarm.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/02/...to-each-other/
Gee wiz accidents won't be the drivers fault any more. The OEM's
will bear the liability. That's the kind of logic that just about ended
General Aviation. Imagine what the product liability will contribute
to the cost of the vehicle. Bob To all the luddites commenting in
this thread: I can easily imagine hundreds or thousands of people not
killed each year (including potentially your children and family members )
because of the proposed technology. Is that a bad thing? Most likely the
collision warning will be accompanied by cutting the car's throttle and
applying brakes, perhaps even putting pressure on the steering to avoid
danger. I look forward to car-Flarm. Herb

I look forward to it if it is interlocked so that it is not functional if
the safety belts aren't connected. Or better yet, it locks the brakes.
Luddite UH