Safe driving, safe traveling

One of my biggest pet peeve is that people knowing safety comes first while driving, your own life as well as others’ are more important than anything, tragedy still happens everyday. It breaks my heart when innocent people lose their lives over some reckless decisions others make, is there anything we can do to avoid this or at least eliminate it?

As the technology develops, car companies are coming out with features such as auto-drive, 360 degree cameras, and emergency breaking systems, this is one step closer to a safe driving environment. With unlimited resources, time, and access to information, we can combine SNA with the new auto features on cars. For example, develop a network for all cars regardless of make or model, using GPS to track each and every car that’s on the road, send real-time information of the driving environment around you, send out warning to the driver when they are speeding or having a sign of driving inappropriately, at the same time put them on the “watch-out” list and alert other drivers around them.

The data we need for this network will be easy enough to get with today’s technology, what’s needed the most would be real-time information, which everyone might find there is a privacy issue, but unlike using social media, this network can only be used for tracking road condition using location, without needing anyone’s identity. The most important network measure here would be accurate data of real-time information sharing, SNA can help with building the network as well as maintaining it with specific data set.