Continued Dispute on Preferred Vehicle-to-Vehicle Technologies [Connected Vehicles]

As reported in the June issue of IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine [1], the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Department of Transportation has issued a proposed rule, "The Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS); Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Communications," that would require automakers to include V2V technologies in all new light-duty vehicles. The proposed rule was open for public comments until 12 April and received several replies, which were most notably from four different stakeholders, reflecting the still-ongoing heated debate about sharing the intelligent transport systems (ITS) frequency band in the United States.