New technology tested in the Detroit metropolitan area warns drivers of dangers on the road

According to the Oakland County Road Commission, this project is intended to warn drivers before they encounter a hazard.

The Highway Commission is partnering with Lawrence Tech University and P3 Mobility on a project called Connected Vehicle-to-Everything, which will build technology into road infrastructure that communicates with drivers in real time.

Erin Milligan, CEO of P3 Mobility, says the technology will also reduce emergency response times and insurance costs and reduce traffic congestion.

“You can have a sensor alert on your mirror that tells you there’s a vehicle in your blind spot, but that’s a radio communication technology that doesn’t rely on sensors or cameras in your vehicle,” Milligan said. “It gets information from the infrastructure that’s communicating with the vehicle to warn the vehicle of danger. Right now, the driver is warned, but in the future, the vehicle itself will be able to act on that information.”

Milligan believes that within the next two to five years, most drivers will have the technology in their vehicles to respond to the new infrastructure.