The selected automotive technological system is the vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication. This system will use networks for the vehicles and infrastructure that is supported by traffic lights and tool gates through vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) links (British Columbia, 2012). Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) is a standard wireless, which ensures high-speed data connections for up to distances of 200m and emergency and safety communications at low speeds of for distances up to one kilometer between one car and another, as well as roadside transmitters between vehicles.
DSRC is used to provide warning to nearby cars in cases of airbag deployment and sudden braking. This includes providing a signal to oncoming vehicles of emergency vehicles on the road. V2V is dependent on network effect. As such, the technology cannot be used by a single driver, but is very applicable to several drivers. V2I technology is also network based.
The major challenge of this technology is communication breakdown. This would mean that the system fails completely. The system is also challenged in terms of privacy level. This is because the use of roadside sensors and GPS to track and monitor vehicles will derail the personal freedom notion that is associated with cars (The Economist, 2009). These challenges could be overcome by placing an element of trust between drivers and the level of technology that is been adopted. Nevertheless, this technology has the benefit of ensuring that drivers avoid accidents effectively, avoid traffic jams and find it very fast to secure parking spaces.
This system will accrue specific costs during the establishment and installation of the infrastructure. This includes supply of power to the sensors on the roadside. Evaluation and monitoring of the technology will also be costly (Jones, 2011). However, the mass-market acceptance rate will be high for the people who like and admire technology, but to individuals who do not like technology will not accept this technology, as well as its development.
References
British Columbia. (2012). Technology Education 11 and 12. Retrieved from:
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/pdfs/applied_skills/2001teched1112_autotech.pdf
The Economist. (2009). The Connected Car. Retrieved from:
http://www.economist.com/node/13725743
Jones, R. (2011). Automotive Technology and Manufacturing Readiness Levels. Retrieved from:
http://www.automotivecouncil.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Automotive--and-Manufacturing-Readiness-Levels.pdf
