http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/ Engadget Comments for Audi shows off Travolution vehicle-to-infrastructure communication system (update: video!) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/That and the fact that we are cheap. ]]>Jun 4th 2010 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/
That said, I'm looking forward to sleeping through my drive to work while my car just gets me there ;)]]>Jun 4th 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/What? The real problem is getting the traffic light infrastructure implemented. What makes you think this tech will be Audi-only? In any event, if they sold more cheap stripped-down Audis here like they do in other markets, more people could afford them.

This is really exciting. I'm so tired of the same old 1950s tech traffic lights. There's a proliferation of red turn arrows in the name of "safety" and it just causes nothing but non-stop waiting. It's so absurd to have to sit at a red light for a minute or two when there is no traffic whatsoever.]]>Jun 4th 2010 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Jun 4th 2010 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Jun 4th 2010 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/
Actully, buddy, this system interjects and prevents a vehicle from driving through a red light (that is what is shown in the last demonstration), so therefore this is VERY VERY NOT DANGER!!! CAUSE MANY PEOPLE NO CAN STILL DRIVE OVER THE RED LIGHT!]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Jun 4th 2010 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/
Pffft. What could possibly go wrong?]]>Jun 4th 2010 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/LOL]]>Jun 4th 2010 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Jun 4th 2010 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Would be much cooler if it could take control of the traffic lights. Maybe it's in their but they didn't mention it. I wish the traffic density would control the time intervals of the traffic lights. Not the other way around. ]]>Jun 4th 2010 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Oh, I agree with that! I guess I should have said that I don't want a system like this to be able to take control of MY vehicle, but I really wish a lot of other drivers out there would have something take control of THEIRS! lol :P]]>Jun 4th 2010 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/
It couldn't be worse than the majority of drivers on the streets.]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/
After driving in Milwaukee you would appreciate the car stopping people from driving through red lights. Every time I am up there on a weekend I witness and nearly avoid 5+ cars running red lights that have been red for at least 2-3 seconds before they enter the intersection.]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Jun 4th 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Jun 4th 2010 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/
"If you're important, people will wait..."]]>Jun 4th 2010 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/
Ahh, so I take it you are the idiot weaving in and out of traffic on a semi-busy highway, because you don't want to go 10 above the speed limit, but you can get away with 15 above the speed limit?]]>Jun 4th 2010 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/
Other states - such as those in the central midwest - have vast swathes of unpatrolled highway, usually in rural areas in which traffic is thin anyway. Triple digits come easy in those parts, and since other cars are few and far between there's not much weaving to be done.]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/
Any sense of 'win' is quickly quashed by traffic lights at the next exit.

]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/
Or the red and blue flashing in your rear-view...]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Jun 4th 2010 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Jun 4th 2010 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/It's address search is so bad that it's not even funny.]]>Jun 4th 2010 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Yeah, the Germans are so far behind the Japanese in entertainment/nav electronics. It took so long for them to finally implement touch-screen systems, and many makes still don't have them.

Fortunately I'm too cheap to buy new cars, so I just rock the Nuvi.]]>Jun 4th 2010 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/
You can buy a new GPS every 3-6 months that has better technology than the previous iteration. You can't buy an Audi on that time scale. I'm sure out of date vehicle nav systems kill the resale value too.]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Jun 4th 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Jun 4th 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Jun 4th 2010 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Jun 4th 2010 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/
The traffic light communication would be a big win for traffic and fuel efficiency, however I think it could be done almost as effectively with intelligent traffic lights combined with motion and road sensors and then all the cost would be in the infrastructure as opposed to the cars.]]>Jun 4th 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Jun 4th 2010 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Jun 4th 2010 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/
That actually happened to me a few weeks ago. On the radio they said the Tornado was moving over 60mph. That is forward speed, not wind speed. Sometimes you have to break the law to save lives. I know my wife is glad that I broke the law. She would have been dead too. That was some intense stuff man. Real intense. If my car had been like "you're going too fast, taking control now, slowing to 60mph" I would have freaked out and probably wouldn't be here today.

Back in highschool I took my little sister up to McDonald's late one night (its a 24hr one--it was summer and like 12am) and we got some ice cream. On the way back we had some older, somewhat drunk college looking guys following us real close. They tried to run us off the road, and followed us for a few miles every random turn I would make. We finally got to a stoplight after they had pulled in front of us. They hopped out of their car--there were five of them--and started running at my car. One of them had a crowbar. I sped straight at them, nearly running one of them over, and went through the red light. I then went 90mph down a 40mph zone and turned through some neighborhoods and made it home. If my car had taken over then, bad things would have happened to not only me but my little sister. I wasn't going to take any chances with her in the car. I still can't figure out what in the hell was wrong with those guys.

Point is--its crazy out there on the roads. You never know what situation will present itself, and its best to be able to take manual control over your car to get out of harm's way.]]>Jun 4th 2010 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/
1- Will the traffic light transmitters also become detectors for red-light runners? Considering that the vehicle has a receiver and transmitter, its theoretical that the lights are bi-directional too.
2-Will the gas station be able to tell which pump youre at (and not errantly pay for someone else in range)?
3- Can you have more than one profile in one vehicle (for those who share cars, but not bank accounts)?]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Jun 5th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Jun 4th 2010 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/Jun 4th 2010 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/
we've all experienced the stupid feeling of sitting at a red light with no one around. at least with a manual stop sign our brain has some control - but with an electronically controlled stop light our destiny is in the control of a dumbed down timing circuit. that is about as bad a technology implementation as i've ever seen. it's almost as bad as obama's plans.
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I agree with those that said we either need full automation or no automation. Partial automation in some cars could cause a lot of problems.]]>Jun 7th 2010 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/audi-shows-off-travolution-vehicle-to-infrastructure-communicati/
For that reason, I think that having the car take control of itself will always be 'override-able', so the car first warns you that you're going towards a red light and at your current speed will go through it. Only if you ignore the warning and don't press the override button will it actually break.]]>Aug 20th 2010 11:21AM