NHTSA Strongly Endorses Connected Vehicle Technology, But Implementation Questions Remain
By Thomas DeCesar, Edward Fishman, Cliff Rothenstein, and Marty Stern
In a recent announcement, the United States Department of Transportation’s (“DOT”) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) endorsed the future implementation of vehicle-to-vehicle (“V2V”) communication technology in light vehicles (e.g., passenger vehicles and light trucks). This technology, which is seen by some as the future of vehicle safety, allows vehicles to exchange location and speed information with other vehicles. This information is processed to provide warnings of driving hazards, or even to automatically stop the vehicle.