Premium info for car drivers

Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 13:21 in Mathematics & Economics

Clogged access roads, packed car parks - traffic chaos is an everyday occurrence in many inner cities. In future, premium services will help drivers get to their destination quickly, all thanks to exclusive up-to-date information on vacant parking spaces or the weather conditions for the route punched into the navigation system. The information is transmitted via mobile Internet or the digital radio broadcasting system and can be displayed on the roadmap. Warning messages in response to dynamic speed limits would also be another option: if the driver exceeds the current limit - say a limit stipulated by a traffic management system - a warning lamp would come on...

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