RONCALLI

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RONCALLI

• Intelligent Speed Adaptation in Austria

Klaus Machata Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit
- KfV (Austrian Road Safety Board)
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The current status
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RONCALLILocation-based and dynamic road (safety)
information in real time...

• that drivers want
• exactly where it is needed
• only when relevant
• in a non-distracting way

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Intelligent Speed Adaptation

• visual acoustic warnings when speeding
• driver assistance system
• large-scale experiments in many EU-countries
• remarkably good feedback from test persons
• Prognosis accident reduction up to 25

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High Risk Sites

• warnings of sites or sections with high accident
  rates
• data source accident database of KfV
• speed-dependent warning

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Sensitive Areas

• warnings near schools or kindergartens
• data source information of communities
• speed-dependent warnings
• time-of-day-dependent warnings
• consideration of school-holidays

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Problems with skid resistance and ruts

• warnings only in wet road conditions
• warnings only when speed critical
• Source survey of arsenal research (RoadStar)

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Extended Floating Car Data
Con-ges-tion

• real-time road information directly transferred
  to server by drivers
• e.g. in case of congestion, fog or accident

Fog
Acci-dent
...
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Other Services

• priority information at complex crossways
• ECO-Driving energy efficient driving safe
  driving

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RONCALLI system architecture
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Acceptance of services by users

• Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) deemed to be
  most beneficial (very helpful) by users
• Services not considered distracting or disturbing
• Almost 90 of the test drivers reacted to ISA
• About 50 of the test drivers reacted to the
  services High risk sites as well as Priority
  information

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Impacts on driving behaviour (ISA)

• In Tempo-30-Zones reduction of average speed by
  at least 1 kph

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Data collection

• Suppliers for variety of real-time data required
  
• speed limits
• accident data
• high risk sites
• sensitive areas
• skid resistance, ruts...
• digital road maps common reference system!

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Marketplace / Clearing Center

• Highly dynamic traffic data
• Provides all transactions between content and
  service providers
• Pricing model
• RONCALLI Convention

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RONCALLI partners
RONCALLI (3/2003 - 4/2005 2.5 Mio )
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Further information
www.roncalli-telematics.com