eSafety Compendium Addendum 1 - iCar Support

National activities:
The Implementation Road Maps Working Group has started a survey concerning the
deployment of the road maps in Europe on the national level. The results are expected in
2007.
eSafety Working Groups:
The Implementation Road Maps Working Group of the eSafety Forum commenced its
activities in July 2003.The objectives of the Implementation Road Maps Working Group
were:
◊ To identify the technical and economical potentials of the industry as well as the
topics and time table for infrastructure improvements by the public sector with
regard to eSafety systems capable of affecting road fatalities in Europe by 2010;
◊ To develop regularly reviewed road map, which focuses technological steps and
economic implication models for introduction of intelligent integrated road safety
systems as well as the required improvements in road and information
infrastructure
After a collection period for all available information and sources concerning eSafety
relevant systems, a suitable structure was found in defining vehicle based systems as well
as infrastructure based systems and combined solutions like eCall. The evaluation of
these different systems has reflected the following aspects:
◊ Accidents/fatalities to be affected
◊ % change in accidents expected
◊ other side effects/comfort functions
◊ cost of in–vehicle systems
◊ cost for infrastructure systems (investment/maintenance)
◊ cost for information infrastructure (investment/maintenance)
◊ year of technical readiness
◊ year of implementation readiness
◊ user acceptance and willingness to pay
◊ year of implementation by regulation
◊ specific implementation issues
◊ estimation of cars equipped with at 2010 / 2020
◊ other actors involved for implementation
Not all questions could be appropriately answered but it was possible to create a table of
generally prioritized systems, which will have a reasonable impact of the number of
fatalities and with a reasonable deployment for the timeframe, which is on focus.
The priority vehicle based systems are:
◊ ESP (Electronic Stability Program)
◊ Blind spot monitoring
◊ Adaptive head lights
◊ Obstacle & collision warning
◊ Lane departure warning
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