The prototype system shows drivers how to create an 'emergency corridor' in traffic so that fire engines, ambulances and police vehicles can travel unhindered.
It is part of a €15 million project for the practical testing of new connected car technologies and automated driving.
The system anticipates a future where all vehicles communicate with each other via mobile phone networks and embedded modems.
On two-lane roads 'emergency corridors' are created in between the two lanes by drivers pulling over to either side. If there are more than two lanes, for those countries where motorists drive on the right, the corridor is created between the lane on the far left and the lane directly alongside.
But even in those countries where it is already a legal requirement for drivers to take this approach, many drivers still do not comply. In Germany, a survey revealed that almost half of all drivers don’t know how to form an 'emergency corridor'.
