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Last year, Audi of America, together with Applied Information and Temple, Inc., kicked off the initial deployment of C-V2X (cellular vehicle-to-everything) technology. Now, the German automaker emphasizes the capabilities of communication with everything by announcing an expansion of the partnership that will include yellow school buses and the sensible areas around learning institutions.
Blue Bird, one of the companies most famous for creating the world-renowned school buses, and Atlanta region’s Fulton County School System have joined the program that aims to “develop C-V2X technologies that can communicate with Audi vehicles around school buses and active school zones to help protect children.”
Basically, Audi thinks the C-V2X tech is a great asset in delivering significant safety gains for children as it could reduce traffic risks in the crucial and often all too vulnerable school zones. We all know the little ones face increased hazards whenever vehicles are present in areas where they congregate (such as schools), as way too many drivers endanger them by failing to yield to pedestrians.
“The addition of Blue Bird and a large school district like Fulton County Schools completes the picture of all major players who are eager to unlock the benefits of emerging C-V2X technology for children too often exposed to danger during their school days,” explains Brad Stertz, director, Audi of America.
More so, Audi and Blue Bird seek to extend the protection offered by C-V2X technology to school buses, which face the danger of inattentive (or ill intentioned) drivers who might speed up or fail to stop when the yellow bus is flashing its traditional red signals or the stop sign.
C-V2X technologies work by way of employing both direct (PC5) and indirect (Uu) low-latency cellular signals. They enable a form of communication between people and/or vehicles when direct line of sight or even sensors fail, such as around curves or other vehicles or over certain terrain types (such as hills).
According to Audi, the technology is ripe for deployment into cars over the next several years as the Federal Communications Commission recently created the necessary guidelines for allocating next-generation 5.9 GHz signals to automotive-focused programs.
Basically, Audi thinks the C-V2X tech is a great asset in delivering significant safety gains for children as it could reduce traffic risks in the crucial and often all too vulnerable school zones. We all know the little ones face increased hazards whenever vehicles are present in areas where they congregate (such as schools), as way too many drivers endanger them by failing to yield to pedestrians.
“The addition of Blue Bird and a large school district like Fulton County Schools completes the picture of all major players who are eager to unlock the benefits of emerging C-V2X technology for children too often exposed to danger during their school days,” explains Brad Stertz, director, Audi of America.
More so, Audi and Blue Bird seek to extend the protection offered by C-V2X technology to school buses, which face the danger of inattentive (or ill intentioned) drivers who might speed up or fail to stop when the yellow bus is flashing its traditional red signals or the stop sign.
C-V2X technologies work by way of employing both direct (PC5) and indirect (Uu) low-latency cellular signals. They enable a form of communication between people and/or vehicles when direct line of sight or even sensors fail, such as around curves or other vehicles or over certain terrain types (such as hills).
According to Audi, the technology is ripe for deployment into cars over the next several years as the Federal Communications Commission recently created the necessary guidelines for allocating next-generation 5.9 GHz signals to automotive-focused programs.
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