Comment Re:car 2 car comm = bad idea anyway (Score 1) 186
Yes, it could work. The key for this system to work is to make sure that to follow a car closely, you should check constantly (let's say within 10ms) that the next car is OK.
A blowout doesn't stop a car instantly, in fact, few things can stop a car faster than breaking. In the event of a blowout, the computer can quickly notice that something went wrong and signal an emergency to break all the other cars behind it and those coming the opposite way. All cars will then start breaking at the same time, relying on their internal distance sensors and ABS like systems to release the breaks when the car behind it comes too close. Because the cars constantly check each other, a failure is unlikely.