http://michiganradio.org en http://michiganradio.org/post/talking-cars-hitting-road-ann-arbor <p>U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is in Michigan today touting <a href="http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2012/nhtsa3412.html">a major advance in Smart Car technology.</a></p><p></p><p>By October, three thousand cars, trucks and buses outfitted with a special Wi-Fi system will travel around Ann Arbor as part of a one year test of the system.</p><p></p><p>A few hundred are already on the road.</p><p></p><p>LaHood says the Smart Car system allows vehicles to “talk” to each other and hopefully avoid accidents.</p><p></p> Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:04:14 +0000 Steve Carmody 8748 at http://michiganradio.org "Talking" cars hitting the road in Ann Arbor