"Intelligent" vehicles providing improved safety

Cars that consciously interact with their environment and help to prevent accidents and traffic jams have been envisioned since a long time. Meanwhile, so called Intelligent Transportation Systems made significant progress. Researchers at the University of Innsbruck help making these concepts and ideas reality - supported by helpful collaborations in the scope of the BIT PhD School. "The objective is clear: Road traffic needs to become safer and traffic jams should be prevented or at least become less critical," explains Prof. Falko Dressler. He is a Professor at the Computer Science Institute coordinating the Computer and Communication Systems group. The aim is to achieve these objectives using Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), so to make cars aware of the current situation they are in, to make them able to analyze such situation, and, if needed, to communicate the obtained safety or traffic related information to the driver. Wireless Communication.