How slippery when wet? (Image: Transport Image Picture Library/Alamy)
ROAD accidents could be slashed if cars had better data on weather and road conditions, according to Sony and VTT, Finland’s top transport-research lab.
Erecting electronic road signs is expensive and warnings are frequently missed, says Nikolaos Georgis of the Sony Technology Center in San Diego, California.
Along with colleagues, he’s filed for a US patent for an in-car computer system which contains a database of the speed limits on every road in the nation. It could be built into the satellite navigation or entertainment system, he says.
If the in-car…
