Technology May Prevent Some Auto Accidents

Stephen Lawson explores the promise of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) technology. My concern is that technology-equipped drivers will become complacent, even though older cars without a location beacon shall be on the road for another generation. And some equipment on the road may never bear a beacon. For example, I have a friend who narrowly escaped death when a pickup truck towing a very long trailer crossed the road ahead of him -- the pickup was out of his way, but he had to leave the road to avoid hitting the trailer which blocked his path down the highway.

-DD