Putting the brakes on running red lights – Mercedes Benz ‘Smart Stop’ technology

Taking driver-assist technology to the next level is the “Smart Stop” system currently in development by Mercedes Benz. The wireless safety system, which allows intersections to communicate with vehicles, would automatically cause a car to stop at a red light should a driver fail to heed it.

Gordon Peredo, of Mercedes’ Research and Development unit told Boing Boing that the system allows vehicles to converse with “smart” intersections. A monitor incorporated into a car’s dash would feature information shared by the two, such as real time traffic data and the vehicle’s distance from the approaching intersection. He also says that cars implemented with the wireless transceivers would be able to communicate with one another – possibly alleviating the potential problem of a rear end pile up should one car be stopped suddenly.

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