SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. Auto Safety Regulators unveils their plan last Tuesday as they took a step forward by requiring wireless gears to be attached in vehicles to enable it to warn drivers of the possible dangers along the track.<br><br>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that the said wireless gears, which is a V2V transmitter and software, won’t be cheap as its cost is estimated to be in the range of $341-$350. Apart from its cost, the technology could save a number of lives together with the prevention of crashes by providing information cars will never be able to gather just by camera and sensor technology.<br><br>Two of the possible features that will be delivered by this device relies on V2V technology. First, it warns the drivers if the time to make a left turn is not sufficient. Second, the device urges the car to stop if another vehicle is trying to run on a red light. According to Today’s report, through this device, 25,000-592,000 number of crashes could be prevented and 49-1,083 number of lives could be saved within a year when the technology will be implemented across the entire US vehicle fleet.<br><br>Anthony Foxx, the US transportation secretary, said in an announcement, “Safety is our top priority, and V2V technology represents the next great advance in saving lives. This technology could move us from helping people survive crashes to helping them avoid crashes altogether.”<br><br>A draft version of standards was also included in the report of NHTSA which Foxx has vowed to propose the moment Barack Obama, the current president, leaves the office by 2017. It will be entitled as Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 150; and minimum requirements wil be set for these transmitters.<br><br>New cars are required to have the underlying V2V equipment as stated in the said-to-be new rules but are not mandated to any specified safety measures, said NHTSA. Moreover, the decision is in the hands of the automakers of which features are to be activated, depending on their level of comfort with it and so as their engineering capabilities.<br><br>Daimler Ag, Ford Motor Co., General Motors, Hyundai Motor Co., Honda Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co., Toyota Motor Co., and Volkswagen AG – these 8 major automakers have been working with the government in developing V2V technology by creating a group named Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership (CAMP). Despite the technology’s cost, the automakers have accepted it as a way of making the safety of the driver one of their top priority. Cars were provided by the members for a pilot project in Ann Harbor that has been running since mid-2012 until late 2013. The said project included V2V-enabled vehicles driven across the city streets in order to test its limits and capabilities.<br><br>John Bozella, COE of the Washington lobbying group Global Automakers, said, ““NHTSA’s kickoff of the rule-making process for V2V communications demonstrates the country is well on its way to deploying this lifesaving technology.”<br><br>Cisco Systems Inc. and Denso Co. are among the companies who offered V2V communication’s equipment and software to the industry.<br><br>NHTSA said that the cars in the pilot project were able to receive and to transmit messages from one another despite that it is being from different car companies. Through a security management system, the cars being used in the project were given credentials so that legitimate messages only will be received.<br><br>Moreover, NHTSA is still figuring it out of how it will be paid for and of who will manage the said security system. A solicitation is planned to be put out, said by the agency, asking if there are any private entities who have an interest in running it.