ERTICO

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ERTICO ITS Europe

• The eSafety Initiative
• Ghassan Freij
• Director of Operations
• June 2003
• United Nations, Geneva

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Each year 41000 road victims in EUR-15Target
2010 50 reduction
Target 2010
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The eSafety Initiative

• Goal To accelerate the development, deployment
  and use of new technologies for increasing road
  safety in Europe
• A joint industry - public sector initiative
  (Commission, Member States, industry)
• Complementary to other measures - not intended to
  replace them

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The eSafety Initiative

• A lot has been achieved in one year
• The eSafety Working Group
• The Final Report with 28 Recommendations
• Two High-Level meetings (04/02 11/02)
• Joint effort between EC DGINFSO, ERTICO ACEA
• The eSafety Forum (02/03) 7 working groups

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New technologies for eSafety

• Active Safety Systems
• Intelligent Passive Safety Systems
• Co-operative systems - vehicle - to - vehicle and
  vehicle - to - infrastructure

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The Recommendations

• Accident Causation Data
• Impact assessment
• Human-Machine Interaction
• Implementation Road Maps
• Intelligent Integrated Road Safety Systems
  (including RTD)
• Digital map database
• Emergency calls and E-112
• Real-Time Traffic and Travel Information
• Regulation (automotive)
• Legal issues of market introduction
• Societal issues (benefits)
• User Outreach
• Creation of eSafety Forum

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The eSafety Forum

• Objectives
• To promote and support the development,
  deployment and use of intelligent integrated road
  safety systems.
• To monitor the implementation of the
  recommendations (all 28 Recommendations of the
  Final Report, all stakeholders)

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The eSafety Forum Organisation

• Under the leadership of the European Commission
  (DG INFSO)
• Steering Group Management of the Forum,
  organizing meetings
• Plenary Sessions All stakeholders, chaired by
  the Commission (currently over 150 members)
• Working Groups Specific focus, chaired by
  industry (currently 7 Working Groups)

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The Working Groups 2003

• 1. Emergency Call ERTICO/Belgacom
• 2. Accident causation data ACEA
• 3. Human-Machine Interaction INRETS
• 4. Road Maps (Implementation) DEKRA
• 5. Real-time Traffic and Travel
• Information Bosch/ERTICO
• 6. Research and Development Eucar
• 7. International co-operation FIA /ERTICO

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Next Steps The Commission Communication

• Title Information and Communications
  technologies for Intelligent Vehicles
• Under preparation by the Commission Services,
  intended for adoption in Summer 2003
• Will bring forward the measures the Commission is
  proposing to undertake at European level
• Madrid eSafety Forum 17th November 2003

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Thank You

• Ghassan Freij
• June 2003