DutchNews.nl,
Tuesday 12 November 2013
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Minister of
Infrastructure and Environment
Schultz van Haegen in a self-propelled
vehicle. (ANP)
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The aim of
the Dutch Automated Vehicle Initiative (DAVI), which also involves the
transport ministry, is to develop a user-friendly system which can be built into
new and existing cars.
Transport
minister Melanie Schultz, who was a passenger in one of the cars on Tuesday,
said the system would be a boon for traffic management.
‘If cars
can communicate with each other and accelerate or brake at the same time, you
can eliminate sudden slow-downs and streamline traffic flows,’ the minister
said.
Driverless
cars would also make better use of the space on Dutch roads, the minister said.
Safety
Delft
professor Bart van Arem told website nu.nl driverless cars will have an impact
on safety, comfort and traffic jams.
‘The car
has sensors, camera and radar instead of eyes,’ he said. ‘Instead of ears it
has a communications system – a sort of wifi for cars. Computers act as the
brain which interprets the signals and decides what should be done.’
Manufacturers
expect the first cars with self-drive systems will come into production in
2020. ‘Given the interest from industry and the various development programmes
underway, things can move very quickly,’ Van Arem said.
Check out
this earlier test drive on a circuit
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