TunerFixx Blog » GPS http://tunerfixx.com/blog :: automotive updates with a touch of technology and a side of sports :: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:04:03 +0000 en hourly 1 GPS Improving Driver Safety? http://tunerfixx.com/blog/2009/10/15/gps-improving-driver-safety/ http://tunerfixx.com/blog/2009/10/15/gps-improving-driver-safety/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:25:18 +0000 tuneradmin http://tunerfixx.com/blog/?p=17 I swear I’m not affiliated with Ford, nor do I even own a Ford, but some research that they have invested $4 million dollars in may produce some technology and safety breakthroughs.  The investment is for Auburn University research and 16 safety programs. 

“The satellites track the speed and direction of a car, the road ahead and current conditions to calculate whether an accident is probable. If so, the satellites can communicate with the car’s stability-control system to help avoid it.”

It is a little scary that something in the sky could apply my brakes and steer my car to avoid a wreck.  Sounds like a Knight Rider episode!

(Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin)

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