ANOTHER CAR STOPPING SHORT OR A
LIGHT CHANGING RED BEFORE YOU
CAN.
A CLOSE CALL BETWEEN THESE
WHITE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TRUCK AND THIS
YOEL LOW ONE AVOID -- YELLOW ONE
AVOIDED.
BECAUSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY
SIMILAR TO WIFI WITHIN THE
VEHICLES.
ANOTHER TELLS YOU ABOUT A
BLIND SPOT.
BLIND SPOT ALERT.
IT'S PART OF MORE THAN A
DOZEN WARNINGS ANNOUNCED INSIDE
WHAT ARE CALLED CONNECTED
VEHICLES AND THERE'S 70 ON NEW
YORK CITY ROADS RIGHT NOW AS
PART OF THE DOT PILOT PROGRAM.
SO WHAT'S ENABLING THESE CARS
TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.
EVERY VEHICLE PARTICIPATING HAS
ONE OF THESE DEVICES PLACED
UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT OR THE
DRIVER'S SEAT.
PARTICIPATING VEHICLES
INCLUDE DOT CARS, BUSES, AND
TAXES.
DRIVERS CAN ALSO BE ALERTED OF A
CHANGING RED LIGHT.
THIS TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT MADISON
AVENUE ONE OF ABOUT 15 OUT
FITTED WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AS
WELL.
2' AWAY FROM THE SIGNAL AND
IT HAS THE GPS CAPABILITY.
SOMETIME NEXT YEAR MORE THAN
300 INTERSECTIONS WILL HAVE THE
DEVICE AND SOME 8,000 VEHICLES
IN NEW YORK CITY WILL BE
EQUIPPED TO BE CONNECTED.
IS THIS THE MOST EXCITING
THING IN YOUR 30-YEAR CAREER?
I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY SO.
DEFINITELY.
THIS IS GAME CHANGERING.
MOST OF THE MONEY FOR THE
PROGRAM IS COMING FROM THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
F.YU'S TAN SCHOOL.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE SEE
THIS KIND OF REAL DEPLOYMENT TO
REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.
OF THEN YOU REALLY IMPROVE THE
TRAFFIC FLOW.
