The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore has developed a new artificial intelligence-based technology to make the country's traffic management system smarter and safer, officials said on Monday. The technology aims to prevent road accidents by sending timely alerts to motorists and easing the movement of vehicles, they said. Speaking to PTI, Prof Prabhat Kumar Upadhyay of IIT Indore's Department of Electrical Engineering, said that at a time when the world is moving towards driverless cars, making the country's traffic system smart and safe has become vital. "For this, we have developed a new technology for next-generation traffic management systems using AI and communication technologies," he said. Upadhyay said the advanced technology called 'Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X)' will enable moving vehicles to easily send messages to other vehicles, helping prevent potential road accidents and traffic jams. Explaining the system, he said that if a person is driving a ca