eSafety Compendium

ANNEX III: Conclusions of the 2nd eSafety Forum Plenary SessionMadrid, 17 November 20031. Good progress in all the seven industry-led eSafety Forum Working Groups, with thefirst concrete results emerging (eCall)2. Commission Communication “ICT for Safe and Intelligent Vehicles” adopted on 15September 2003 seen as an important milestone3. Industry emphasizing the need for integrated approach, affordability, standardizationand harmonizing of legal requirements4. In-vehicle Emergency Call (eCall) remains number one priority for both industry andthe public sector• Agreement to use E-112 as per Commission recommendations• Architecture, messages and routing defined• Working on an economic model and a MoU5. Accident Causation Analysis needs urgent short-term actions and a longterm strategy• On short-term, useful databases exists but additional funding needed (1,5 M€)• Work to be continued for defining long-term data needs and strategy• On a short-term, building on the RDS/TMC services• Innovative public-private business model required• An European project is needed to secure access to public data and to developEuropean-wide services7. Human-Machine Interaction presents a very complex problem for the introduction ofin-vehicle systems, including nomadic devices• HMI-related problems defined on the basis of the Member States’ reports• Targeting amendment of the European Statement of Principles, and other measures ifnecessary8. Survey of ongoing RTD projects reveals lack of systems approach and confirms needfor further work• More than half of RTD efforts focus on the vehicle, with substantial gaps in funding ofother areas• Further analysis of the around 70 projects required• Moving towards recommendations for the focus of further RTD and analysis ofimpacts/benefits9. International Co-operation seen as an essential part of the eSafety initiative• Moving towards concrete co-operation in the selected priority topics10. Agreement on implementation Road Maps seen essential for the public sectorinvestments and for user awareness• Inventory of relevant eSafety systems which will reach the market by 2010 created(eSafety Matrix)• Closely linked to other Working Groups (e.g. RTD, eCall, RTTI)• Next: Analyzing the cost/benefit and to work out realistic implementation scenarios foreSafety SystemsPage 157 of 490