Green Environmentally-friendly Energy-efficient Bumper-to-Bumper (GEE-BB) Driving

In this proposal, cars are equipped with electromagnetic sensors and actuators in the front and rear bumpers. This enables a car to maintain the same distance with the car in front e.g. 5 centimeters. (Optional near field communication (NFC) is also possible to enable the drivers to communicate their intentions instead of the primitive blare of the horn. Using a relay system, drivers can also talk to another driver a multiple number of cars away. Google Translate also offers instantaneous translation to the language of the driver, as defined in the automobile options settings control panel.)

The front car is equipped with a communications link to the traffic light ahead, and will receive a signal for smooth deceleration should the traffic light turn from green to red. A multiple number of cars can be linked up behind this car, forming a car-train. It can be easily shown theoretically that flow capacity or the maximum number of people ferried per unit time is greater than the conventional car system without the GEE-BB system installed, for the same number of cars. Computer simulations have also shown that the proposed car-train system greatly outperforms the situation in which only fully loaded double-deckered buses (without GEE-BB) are plying along the roads.

The cars can also be equipped with the mini-nuclear-fuel-cell (MNFC, Patent 2012). In countries where carbon tax incentive is imposed, drivers can also earn financial remuneration for every mile that they travel, due to the fact that no carbon dioxide is produced by the cars.

Patent Pending