Look Out!: Ann Arbor Cars to Communicate with One Another to Avoid Crashes [Slide Show]
Thursday, August 23, 2012 - 12:30
in Mathematics & Economics
ANN ARBOR, MICH.--Driving is a crazy idea. Every day in the U.S., millions of people get behind the wheel of a car, truck or bus and attempt to navigate the two-ton machines at speeds often exceeding 110 kilometers an hour, hoping they will avoid each other as well as stationary objects. Every year more than 10 million of them fall short of this goal, resulting in accidents that claim tens of thousands of lives (pdf) , according to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). [More]