How can connected vehicles make roads safer?

We hear a lot about ‘connected cars’ and the growing importance of vehicles with clever sensors and access to the cloud, but sometimes the topic gets hobbled by buzzwords.

Connected cars are connected to the internet, meaning they access over-the-air updates and downloadable apps among other things. Bi-directional transmission means cars can also send their data to a cloud and central management system.

This gives people a way to keep their cars up-to-date or create a…