Open Source Helps Stop Traffic Accidents Aug 6, 2007, 12 :00 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (6467 reads) (Other stories by C.G. Lynch)
"Sometimes, the only thing more damaging than a terrible car accident on a major expressway is the thousands of cars whose passengers slow down to take in the misfortunes of their fellow motorists. Rubbernecking is the term, of course, and a group of engineering students and their professor at the University of Maryland have decided to do something about it: They're enabling a number of Washington, D.C.-area traffic agencies (and their disparate systems) to communicate with one another quickly, by standardizing their information through an open-source, PostgreSQL database and mapping system..."
