Connected vehicles could make roads safer, greener
TRAVERSE CITY — Future vehicles will be connected in ways some people never thought possible, but it’s a treacherous road those in the industry are traveling.
Panelists speaking at the Center for Automotive Research’s annual Management Briefing Seminars autos conference agreed that liability and driver distraction issues need to be resolved as the technology moves forward.
But there are no concrete answers now, said Tim Johnson, who works on in-vehicle connectivity and telematics for Sprint Nextel.
“It’s an enormously important question right now,” Johnson said. “We need to find a way that (information) can be ingested sensibly and safely inside the vehicle.”