Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai
and the
Arabian Radio Network (ARN) created a campaign to prevent tailgating accidents with "Back-Off Radio." Cabs were equipped with sensors that activate once the car reaches 60
mph. If a car gets too close to the back of the cab, the sensor sends a message to the offending car via radio. The same scenario works if the taxi gets too close to a car: The cab's speakers will
inform the driver that he's too close to the car ahead of him. The message is delivered in the four most popular languages spoken in Dubai: Urdu, Arabic, Hindi and English.
See how the technology works here.
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