V2V - Intelligent Design?

This week, GM announced a new vehicle technology called, V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle) communication. Used in conjuction with GPS and in-car sensors, GM proposes to allow vehicles to communicate speed, position and other status indicators such as a hard-braking condition to all of the vehicles within a quarter mile.

Sounds too good to be true right? GM intends to prevent blind-spot accidents and rear-end accidents into stopped traffic, and notify drivers of approaching emergency vehicles, traffic congestion and other "traffic intelligence."

GM failed to mention this, but it also eliminates the need for radar and laser speed detectors. Police can just watch a monitor with the speed of every car on the road, from their cruiser or the station or maybe they'll outsource speeding tickets to India. Also, criminals may be able to use this technology to evade the police. If police cruiser V2V transponders can be identified, then criminals can watch their own monitor to avoid crossing paths with the five-oh.

On a brighter note, maybe V2V can be used as a dating service. When two single people pull up to a traffic light together, V2V will hail the other vehicle and you can get a peak of your anonymous drive-through date before approving the transfer of your phone number to the other car.

Endless possibilities for this intelligent design. (Do you think using the phrase "intelligent design" is going to create a spike in readership?)

Hat tip to Wired.