Honda is developing technology to foretell and forestall roadway congestion in order that traffic jams become something of the past.
The automaker partnered with the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology on the University of Tokyo to develop a system in line with acceleration and deceleration behaviors in drivers, and Honda hopes to exploit the outcomes to detect patterns that result in traffic jams. Intense acceleration and braking inputs are among the root causes of traffic jam, and that they create a domino effect, in keeping with Honda. The pattern of 1 vehicle influences the pattern of neighboring vehicles, that can then initiate traffic.
If the system detects that a driver's behavior could cause a traffic congestion, it alerts the motive force via a colour-coded computer screen. Activating an adaptive cruise control system that monitors and maintains distance between vehicles also helps.
"The test results demonstrated that the system helped increase the common speed by approximately 23 percent and improved fuel efficiency by approximately 8 percent of trailing vehicles," Honda said in a press release.
The next step is to take a look at the system on public roads. The automaker plans to conduct real-world tests of the technology in Italy and Indonesia next month.
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