OREANDA-NEWS. By the end of 2015, Toyota will make a new ITS (Intelligent Transportation System) safety package available on three models in Japan. The package, named ITS Connect, uses Japan's standardized ITS frequency of 760 MHz to receive and share data transmitted by external infrastructure and other vehicles. Equipping ITS on these three models will make Toyota the world's first automaker to bring a driver assist function that uses a dedicated ITS frequency to market.

While waiting to turn right at an intersection fitted with the appropriate equipment, drivers are warned by an audio and visual alert under the following circumstances: if they take their foot off the brake and start to move forward when another car is approaching from the opposite direction, when a pedestrian is crossing the road to the right of the vehicle, or when there are other potential hazards the driver may not have noticed.