eSafety Compendium

Need for further RTD in technologies for safety systemsThe future development of the above-mentioned safety functions requires RTD in anumber of technologies. This RTD should cover, as relevant, improvements in sensorsand sensor data fusion, situation capture in complex environments, improvement ofvision during night or detrimental meteorological conditions, failsafe systems, advancedadaptive restraint and safety systems, vehicle electronic safety architecture, vehicle-tovehicleand vehicle-to-infrastructure communications technologies, accurate and reliablelocation technologies, safety uses of DSRC and pedestrian detection and protectiontechnologies.Recommendations:(8) Analyse existing accident causation data and possible countermeasures, anddetermine clear goals and priorities for further RTD in Intelligent IntegratedRoad Safety Systems in industrial research, Community Research (IntegratedProjects in the 6th FP) and national research programmes.(9) Identify existing specifications, and where necessary develop newspecifications for pan-European, standardised interoperable interfaces andcommunications protocols for vehicle-vehicle and vehicle-infrastructurecommunications which will support interactive, co-operative safety systems andservices, including Traffic and Travel Information.(10) Pursue international co-operation in the development of intelligentintegrated safety technologies.The co-operation should cover especially Human-Machine Interaction, certificationand testing methodology and procedures, harmonisation and standardisation, legalissues, impact and socio-economic benefit analysis, and benchmarking/bestpractice.3.7. The European Safety Map databaseGeneral principlesNavigation systems are increasingly becoming standard equipment in European cars.Based on the positioning capability of the vehicle, location-aware driver informationsystems can be built, that increase road safety by informing the driver in advance ofsafety issues related to the road section ahead.Implementing map based safety systems that provide on-the-spot as well as predictiveroad information e.g. speed alert, curve warning, slope warning, require an appropriatedigital map which contains the respective road safety related data attributes.It is evident, that these safety related data must be of particularly high quality andreliability and that a permanent up-date process will be required to ensure the data qualityalso over the life time of the vehicle.Market forces that drive the navigation market push currently for additional trip/travelrelated content (e.g. points of interest, tour information, service related data), and not forsafety relevant road network data (e.g. speed limits, road bend shapes, slope gradients,road danger warnings).Page 33 of 490