India aims to implement V2V communication for road safety, a timely initiative amid rising accidents. However, the author highlights substantial obstacles. India lacks essential hardware, interoperability, and backend systems; the Ministry hasn't even specified V2V communication standards. Vehicle owners face high compliance costs, and drivers are often unprepared for new interfaces, raising security and network congestion risks. Fundamentally, poor road design, routing, and speed control persist. A "Smart City" solution like V2V is marginal without a foundational "smart" city. Success requires a phased rollout of infrastructure, training, subsidies, and mandates.