Nokia and UC Berkeley Experts build Technology to offer Real Time Traffic Information
The software aggregating the GPS feeds disassociates data stored in the individual’s device and combines it with the general stream of traffic data. Privacy is achieved by keeping the data anonymous and aggregated. Full Article at Tech Shout!
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Mobile device users control the service. If an individual does not want their device to transmit position data they turn off the feed from their GPS
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When you are dealing with people and all that comes with them (inattention, cell phones, distractions, poor driving skills, and all the other unpredictable things) it's hard to come up with concrete reasons.
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A lot of collisions could be avoided if one or both was paying more attention
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The broadsiders are the ones that really hurt people
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It's inattention, is what it is ... Totally inattention.
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I'm not saying you shouldn't do something like this, I'm saying people need to be informed about what's done with the data ... You need to ask if its being collected and how long is it going to be archived.
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It would be great if the phone, instead of saying go left or right, would say you're meeting so-and-so at 10 a.m. and because traffic is picking up, you should leave now and you should avoid [a particular] exit because traffic is backing up
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Getting that information back to the drivers, that's the Holy Grail -- so drivers can make smart decisions about their commute
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We're trying to give drivers enough information to make those decisions themselves ... If someone is commuting, they know all the alternatives. People aren't stupid.
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As a user you are not only contributing to the data, but you are benefiting from it by looking at it in real time on your phone
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