Once again I share with you a technology post with a novelty. We have all heard about autonomous vehicles, an example of them is Google vehicles that record information from Google Maps, but today's post is about the possible relationship between autonomous vehicles and 5G technology.

When we think of autonomous vehicles we imagine a car that moves through the streets "without a driver", this is an incomplete truth, autonomous vehicles could be classified according to the technology that they use. governs, as is the case with automated vehicles that only provide support to the driver through functions assisted by computer tools; then there are driverless vehicles that move "alone" and are autonomous robots and then the case of "connected" vehicles that have the ability to connect with the road infrastructure, with mobile devices and with other vehicles.

At first glance, it cannot be guessed that there is a possible relationship between autonomous vehicles and 5G technology, but it will be tangible in a short time. We know that 5G technology will provide the best connection speed and response between devices, which could in all cases a "real-time connection" without delays (even if these are for fractions of seconds).

Making use of the benefits of 5G technology, autonomous vehicles will be able to anticipate the prevailing conditions on the road and may even predict some adverse conditions, this reminds me of “cars Flyers of the Jetsons ”.

Thanks to 5G, autonomous vehicles and their connection devices and automated driving will be able to interpret the data collected by other connected vehicles and will anticipate: possible obstructions or traffic jams on the road, possible accidents, maneuvers of other vehicles on the same road, presence of traffic lights and which light it will mark when it approaches, likewise you can adjust your speed of travel with the information obtained from the vehicular flow on the road where you are traveling.

Everything seems possible, but this has not yet been consolidated, it is only a premise currently under development, because along with technology, work must also be done on some aspects of operation and ethics, such as:

• Limitations and responsibilities through laws and regulations because if autonomous vehicles "do not have a driver" who would be responsible in the event of an accident?

• In terms of road safety, it is important to remember that the road will be shared between normal and autonomous vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists and public transport, so the traffic laws and regulations in each city must be updated.

• When we talk about autonomous vehicles we are also talking about Artificial Intelligence, so a set of rules of use must also be created that protect the safety of citizens, which safeguard data protection (autonomous vehicles share information online with other vehicles and devices), and the most important thing is the benefit for citizens.

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