ann arbor to check it out. let's take a look. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> reporter: ann arbor pammela micheo, a quintessential college townf the university of michigan and its transportation research institute where they are developing and testing the future of driving. >> i'm trying to kill him. >> reporter: that was a genuine alert that you were about to collide into a car in front. the city is a big field test for vehicle to vehicle or v2v, a fleet of vehicles talking to each other electronically. you say the vehicles are talking snag. >> in a small range, 200m, the vehicles are sending out messages 10 times a second showing position, speed and the instantaneously. >> reporter: peter sweatman is a director of the study. >> we found that the technology works, the users like the technology. it's aimed at safety and all the testing is showing that it's highly effective. >> v2v works by surrounding each vehicle with a wi-fi-like system called dedicated short-range communication, and it shares data, calculating danger and warnings. like when there's a car you can't see unexpectedly breaking, or when it's not safe to pass a