What Technology Is Emerging To Improve Road Safety?

The global leader in a vehicle to everything technology V2X communication chipsets AutoTalks is partnering with the connected motorcycle consortium. The company will be working with the conversion in order to help realize the vision of a uniform platform for motorcycles in the form of V2M (vehicle to motorcycle) communication. The objective of both the partners is to provide connecting motorcycle vehicle to everything technology as well as other applications which can potentially help to minimize motorcycle accidents. Motorcycles are prone to getting involved in accidents and the connected motorcycle consortium is collaborating with manufacturers, suppliers, researchers, associations and others to make motorcycles part of the connected motorcycle technology.

The CMC (connected motorcycle consortium) has a list of founding members that include BMW Motorrad, Yamaha, Honda and other motorcycle manufacturers such as Ducati, KTM, Suzuki, and Kawasaki. The V2M solution developed by AutoTalks was introduced in June 2017 and is based on a second-generation vehicle to everything chipset also developed by the company to allow motorcyclists and other drivers to receive alerts of life-threatening situations which they may encounter to prevent road accidents. AutoTalks by partnering with the CMC has become a part of an industrywide effort to make motorcyclists a part of the C-ITS conversation which can significantly contribute to their safety on the roads.

The solution developed by this company can enable detection of motorcycles that are invisible to the human eye, sensors or cameras. The advantages of the solution include numerous things apart from simple integration, low power consumption, small physical size, the tiniest form factor as well as the highest range of operating temperature. These factors can result in resistance to strong vibration and challenging environmental conditions of riding on a motorcycle.

According to data collected by the World Health organization in 2015, approximately 23% of the 1.25 million fatalities in road accidents was a motorcycle rider. Studies conducted in 2013 by the US National Highway traffic safety Administration provided information that motorcyclists are at a higher risk of succumbing to an accident than drivers of other vehicles. The NHTSA determined that the number was as high as 26 times.

The technology which has been developed by AutoTalks is emerging as a benefit for improving road safety. The V2M solution developed by this company will make it easier for motorcyclists to become aware of unseen hazards even in conditions that are not suitable for driving on the roads. It also provides drivers of other vehicles to identify motorcyclists even when they are not visible and prepares them to take the actions needed for preventing accidents. It is estimated that the V2M solution can reduce road accidents for motorcyclists by up to 80%. This is certainly a significant number considering that nearly 23% of all motorcyclists are presently succumbing to accidents simply because they do not have access to the technology they need.

By partnering with the CMC, AutoTalks is in the process of making an effort to save the lives of a large number of motorcyclists as well as many others. The technology though not being currently used by most motorcyclists is soon likely to be an essential requirement that may even be mandated by the powers that be. Plenty of efforts have been made until this moment to improve road safety by educating drivers of all vehicles. Unfortunately, the efforts for unknown reasons have not proven significant leading to leading developers such as AutoTalks to begin working on a technological solution that will automatically alert drivers of oncoming hazards which may not be visible to them. The technology emerging will be using the Internet to make the vehicle to everything communication easier. The connected motorcycle technology will only help to improve matters by reducing accidents and the huge number of fatalities among motorcyclists that are currently being recorded.