Connected Vehicles

What are connected vehicles?Vehicles that communicate:

With each other

With the infrastructure (signals, roadway, etc.)

With the governmentData collection

Incident management

Environmental impacts

How do they work?GPS location and direction services

Wi-Fi

Radar

Cameras

Examples of ways vehicles stay connected with others (traffic signals and road use).

Why do we need them?Increase safety

Increase efficiency

Lower environmental impacts of the automobile

Applications

Data collection for future planning

Traffic management

Crash avoidance

Lowering of emissions

Better operations during severe weather events

Toll payment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R02SmHKy1ic

United States Department of Transportation (USDOT)

Universities

Car Manufacturers

IT CompaniesGPS

Communications

companies

Wi-Fi

Who is working on this?

Potential Issues…Distracted Drivers

Eyes

Mind

Hands

Information overload

Lack of privacy

Data security issues

Check it out…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8iRg5530-8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqF1qBNaUgQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajImRDJIMRU&feature=related

ACTIVITY: FOLLOW THE SOUND

You will be working in teams of 2

One will be the instructor and the other will be the driver (the driver will be blindfolded)

The instructor will guide her/his peer by a serious of different sounds that indicate movement through a maze created in the classroom

The driver will need to listen to the instructor as to what movement she/he will need to take in order to get to the end of the maze

Ms. Herrington’s classroom

HOW TO COMMUNICATE TO YOUR DRIVER:

go forward → “moo” noise

stop → “oink” noise

go in reverse → “meow” noise

turn left → “honk” noise

turn right → “bark” noise

speed up → fast beeps

slow down → slow beeps