Federal officials may require new cars to include "vehicle-to-vehicle" (V2V) technology that can warn drivers of an upcoming crash several vehicles removed from the collision, an ABC News article states.
The article, written by Mark Mooney, says officials will decide in the "coming weeks" whether to make the requirement. The story notes that the technology exists in some cars already on the road.
"A recent study by the Government Accountability Office determined that if the gizmos were widely deployed, 'V2V technologies could provide warnings to drivers in as much as 76 percent of potential multi-vehicle collisions,'" states the article.
The GAO notes some concerns as well, including ultimate costs to consumers, uniformity of systems so that cars can "talk to each other" and privacy challenges stemming from a system that uses GPS that could track a person's movements.
Read the full article at ABC News.
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