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Want to know the easiest way to effect a dramatic reduction in the number of road accidents that happen every day in every country of the world? 

 

Help people drive.

 

Think on this: More than 90% of all road accidents are the result of human error. Given that road accidents kill around 1.24 million people globally every year – or almost 3,400 deaths every single day – technology can play a role in reducing road-related fatalities. 

 

Isn’t it about time we did something about it?

 

The Alliance is doing just that. Together Renault and Nissan are leading the world in the development of autonomous driving – cars that drive themselves. 

 

Autonomous driving is a natural extension of the development of technologies such as Advanced Driving Assistant System (ADAS) which uses sensors, CPU and actuators to help preventing collisions.  

 

Such systems are at the heart of the development of Autonomous Cars. In the future, cars that drive themselves will be able to ‘talk’ to each other to prevent accidents and optimize traffic flow.

 

Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communications will enable nearby vehicles to exchange information about their intention so each car can sense potential threats and automatically take pre-emptive action to avoid accidents.

 

At the Alliance, we do more than build cars. We work towards a safer future.