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According to Yonhap News,

(SEOUL = Yonhap News) Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) on Thursday said it developed an advanced road weather information system that can provide drivers with reliable real-time traffic and road conditions.

The system, developed in concert with Hyundai Motor Co. and Hyundai Mobis, can help alert drivers of traffic congestion and potentially hazardous road conditions up ahead by making full use of vehicle sensors, information technology and related infrastructure built on roads.

"It collects data from all cars, like ambient temperatures and road conditions, processes information from various road sensors and even uses weather reports to provide a continuous stream of information to drivers," the company said.

The information can then be distributed to cars directly or through message signs set up on roads by using the so-called WAVE telecommunication technology.

Compared to existing systems that can only provide information on certain stretches along a road, the new system is comprehensive and offers a high degree of reliable information, the firm said.

"In effect, all cars moving ahead of my car are sending back information that can help drivers take a detour if there is congestion, or slow down if the road is slippery or icy," it said.

Hyundai E&C, an affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, said it plans to incorporate the cooperative intelligent transport system to the 59.6 kilometer-long second Yeongdong Expressway being built between the southern cities of Gwangju and Wonju. The expressway is expected to be open to the public in late 2016.

Hyundai said it wants to offer the system as a package when it tries to win new construction bids abroad. The system took two years to develop, with Hyundai securing five individual patents.

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Source: Yonhap News (Dec. 12, 2013)

** This article was translated from the Korean.