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December 1, 1998 (TOKYO) -- Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. said it has developed
an "automatic vehicle-spacing control system" that can ensure that cars
maintain certain distances from each other.
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The new system can control cars by taking into account different types
of traffic flows, the company said.
Using the system, a driver can specify the car's upper speed limit (between
50kph and 100kph) as well as the distance to be maintained between other
vehicles in front (three settings).
When the car is in motion, the system uses data from a front-mounted
milliwave radar to monitor both the distance between the car and any
vehicle in the road ahead and the relative speeds of the two vehicles.
It then automatically adjusts the throttle and brakes to ensure that
the specified distance is maintained.
According to Nissan, the new system will be one facet of the Intelligent
Transport System (ITS) being planned for the nation's highway network.
The company said that new models equipped with the technology could appear
in dealerships as early as next summer.
(BizTech News Dept.)
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