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Acting O1airman 'l!goon CI~bum
Federal Communications Commission
44512th:>lreet,SW
Washl:l~.DC 2055~
Uea, Acting Chairman Mignon Clyburn
\\ e "n'e lU <:."rrt'5.S ow inICre5ll11 !he I cdcr;ll Communications <':ommi~i''11 (FCCI ~('It,ce of
Proposed Rulemaklllg 10 furtheT open the 5 GH£ band for uSoe b~ unli~cnSC'd "ueles. dC"'CC1i
Specifically. we are focused on the 5 85-5925 Gilt band rcse"cd for Dedicated Shun Hange
Communication syslems These ~yslenlS enable reaHune c(>JnJnunicalion .:lllIonl/. \~hiclcs and
t~ 1T:lJl"'flOlWion in~trul:llm: "ith the i;o;l.l of enhancllli; >cbic Ie salC1)_
During a bipartisan roundtahlc di~cussion conducted by Ihe Subcommittcc on High"ays and
rran~il on Ma} 7. 2013. !he Subcomrnmee .pokc "llh a "ide vanely of slakeholders alll'Ul lhe
opportunities and challenges assoo;iated wilh the FCCs proposal 10 open this ~"'1I oflhc
digi1l11 spectrum to unlicens.ed USl.'l"S_ The OIlC,"", helmlllg consensus of lhe<;(" S1:akchol<krs ­
inc1udlJlg the Deparlmenl ofTransportalion. the Nalional Telecommunlcalions aIld lnfom,ation
Admlllismuion (~'TIA\. automakcrs. eollllCCted '-<:hicl<: technology rep~sen1ativt"'.chip mak<:rs.
...,1d "ircl<:ss camcn - "'as thai Ill) acl;01I should be: lakm fo allo" speclrum wnn)l in the 5,85­
5.Q2.~ GHl hand prior to compl<:tion of lhorough. accurate. Bnd ind..pcndrnl te,lS b~' the ~TIA
lhat 'rnfy the spectrum can be shar<:d without inlerference 10 saf..ly cmiC<l1 'chiel", S)slerns, We
agree "iiJl this \Ie" and be:li~c ~ITA should be !',i_en enough Ilme 10 resta",h poh:l1l;al
IOIerl'c['<:ncc is.wcs f'Ilor 10 tbt FCC making aoy do:tcmuna.li(lm
Th<: proml"e of Ihis h,chn(llogy i< difficult 10 understate thc l\'lItj(Hk"l1 f lighW<l} .[ raflie SafCl~
.\dmmlS1nlion estimatcs conncctt'l! "eh,de technoktgi~can help mitigale 0.- ."oid
approximatcl) SO peTC<:OI of all 'crudc <:TlI$hC:S 111 "tllch non-lll1f1iiircd 00_<:1'5 arc ,n,'OI,-ed (0'
some 4,5 millinn vehicle crash<:< annllil.lly),
Acting Chairman Mignon Clybllffi
June 3, 2013
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Over the last decd,!e- ConW"~ss has authont",d more lhan $450 million in critical research
necessary to ad\'anec eonnccted vchicle teclmology Automaker, have spenl million" more, We
appreciate the benefits of spectrum sllllring and believe that shann~ can tmng Sl;':llificam public'
henefit to commercial mobile and fixed wireless broadband usc. However. we urge thai cfforts TO
secme lh~se henefits not compromisc the tremendous potential ,a[ely benefit, assoclatcd with
connected vehicle lechnology.lf)oOli havc any questIons. plea'" conlact Dan Vconi at (202) 225­
6715,
Sincerely,
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Thoma<; E. Petri
Chairman
Subcommmce on J lighways and TransiT
cc: Commissioner Robert McDowell
Conumssioner Jessica Rosenworcel
Commissioner AJll Pai
~-P~t~r A. Defazio
Ranking Mcmber
Subcommittee on Highwa}, and TransiT