The issue of road congestion can be seen globally with more cars on the roads in cities , but access to real-time data has the potential to limit this by keeping drivers informed . This would be enabled throughout connectivity - data sharing between cars and traffic lights .
“ For example , you are in London and you are stuck in traffic . You are at the traffic lights , traffic lights turn green , you ’ ve raced to the next set of traffic lights , and by the time you get there , they ’ ve turned red . You ’ re then idling for 30 seconds ,” Brown says .
“‘ Time to green ’ effectively means communicating with those traffic lights and
the road infrastructure ; it will tell you when the next set of traffic lights are due to change and recommend your approach to the traffic lights so that , by the time you get to them , you don ’ t need to apply the brakes – losing all momentum in the vehicle and using lots of energy to get the car back up to speed .
“ We see V2X aligning with autonomous vehicles , whereby each system can complement each other to create extra layers of protection for drivers , passengers , and pedestrians .
“ This is where the system , through maybe cameras or through smartphone applications , is able to determine where
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