Motorcycling: The Next Ten Years
Bike UK|January 2018

Imagine a world where bikes know where cars are coming from, and vice versa. A world where there are no traffic jams, far fewer collisions and no filthy smog. In this building a very different future of motorcycling is being created. And it’s got an awful lot going for it, especially for bikers…

Motorcycling: The Next Ten Years

THE ITS WORLD Congress is part trade show, where familiar automobile companies such as Honda and Toyota, and suppliers such as Bosch, show off their latest self-driving projects. Lesser-known companies that make everything from computer chips to the cameras used in autonomous vehicles vie for attention. Meanwhile upstairs, hundreds of technical sessions take place over four days. It’s Glastonbury for the nerds working on next-gen autonomous automobiles and connected traffic systems.

Sessions have cryptic titles such as 5G in ITS: Powered by Satellite Communications. But this year, for the first time, there was also Utilizing V2X to Create the Future of Connected Motorcycles. And there was a booth introducing thousands of car guys and computer geeks to the Connected Motorcycle Consortium (CMC).

It’s about time. Several major carmakers formed the Car 2 Car Communication Consortium in 2002, visualizing a future in which every vehicle continuously communicated its position, vector and basic intention to others nearby. Car 2 Car’s goal was to radically cut road accidents and smooth traffic. Imagine rush hour flows that resemble the movements of a school of fish, not the stop-and-go wheezing of an out-of-tune accordion.

That vision is science, not science fiction. Every major car maker and tech giant such as Google and Apple have invested billions of dollars, euros, pounds and yen to make it happen.

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