New Technology To Make Driving Safer

Saturday, 12. July 2008

Now for a bit of a technology update: Mazda has started to trial a new vehicle to vehicle communications system that can warn drivers of approaching danger such as approaching traffic at blind bends and intersections. Maplin has produced a do it yourself reversing camera that is powered through your cigarette lighter socket. The screen changes from colour during the day to black and white at night to make the screen clearer. It costs £130. Unipart is currently developing a ‘black box‘ that can automatically alert the emergency services if your car is involved in an accident or stolen. Unipart claims that it will put a stop to high-speed chases involving the police – I’m not sure how that would happen unless it includes an immobiliser which most cars have fitted these days anyway and if you think Jimmy Toerag the local joyrider will think ‘damn the cars got a black box I won’t drive at 200 miles an hour through the middle of Nantwich I’ll just pull over at the merest glimpse of a jam sandwich with a flashing blue light’ they should think again, or have I missed something here?