Even if the pilot program works, isn it going to be really expensive to put on-vehicle devices in all cars in Oregon?
All of the technologies used in the pilot program were already being manufactured in cars today. Car companies are already announcing that key components will be standard equipment on all models within the next few years. Federal Highways and standards organizations are working to adopt universal standards for the same technologies used in the pilot. Therefore, it is very likely, in the not too distant future additional hardware would not need to be installed in vehicles, but a software upgrade would likely be necessary.
