The eSafety Initiative

1
Proposal for Next Steps and Recommended
Actions The eSafety High-Level Meeting
Brussels, 27 September 2004
2
Contents

• Next Steps in the eSafety Initiative
• Recommended actions
• The in-vehicle emergency call (eCall)
• Real-Time Traffic and Travel Information (RTTI)
• Human-Machine Interaction (HMI)

3
Next Steps (1)The eSafety Road Map
Safe Speed

• Degree of Safety

Collision warningand mitigation
eCall
R T T I S e r v i c e s
ESP
ABS
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
4
Next Steps (2)The eSafety Initiative
Commission 2nd eSafety Comm eSafety Progress,
Actions for MS
Public Sector HL Meeting 27 Sept
3rd Plenary Meeting 25 March
Industry HL Meeting December
Council Meeting 9-10 Dec
2004
5
Next Steps (3) The eSafety Forum

• The eSafety Forum has established itself as the
  Forum preferred by all stakeholders for promoting
  eSafety
• The Commissions initial commitment was for two
  years, 2003-2004.
• The Commission will propose by the end of 2004 a
  mechanism to sustain the work of the eSafety
  Forum
• The role of the eSafety Steering Committee will
  be further enforced
• The Steering Committee will be assisted by an
  eSafety Office

6
Next Steps (4)The 2nd eSafety Communication

• The first Communication in 2003 11 actions for
  the European Commission
• Commitment to produce a report on achieved
  results and foreseen further actions
• The 2nd eSafety Communication Focus on Member
  States Actions on Priority Topics
• Target date for Commission Adoption November 2004

7
Recommended Actions eCall
8
eCall Recommended Actions (1)

• Aiming at the implementation of Pan-European
  eCall service from 2006 onwards the Member States
  should
• Sign the eCall Memorandum of Understanding and to
  create concrete implementation plans for eCall
• Support the work of the Public Safety Officers
  Communication Forum
• Set up national platforms for the implementation
  of E112 and eCall, urging participation from
  relevant ministries
• Use the adequate European platforms to review the
  progress

9
eCall Recommended Actions (2)

• Assure by the end of 2006 that adequate
  infrastructure exists in the Public Service
  Answering Points (PSAPs) for the processing of
  eCalls
• Support in ETSI the standardisation of interfaces
• Undertake the necessary training of emergency
  service personnel, and organise public awareness
  campaigns
• Develop together with the other stakeholders
  models for financial incentives
• report by the end of 2004 on the status of the
  E112 implementation and in the end of 2005 on the
  status of the readiness of their PSAPs to process
  eCalls.

10
Recommended Actions RTTI
11
RTTI Recommended Actions (1)

• Aiming to have by the year 2010 80 of
  journeys throughout Europe served with RTTI
  services the Member States should
• Agree by the end of 2005 on a strategy and time
  schedule for implementation of RTTI services,
• Support the TMC-Forum to promote the
  safety-related service features of TMC
• Take steps to ensure roaming and interoperability
  across the RTTI-services
• require their authorities to make available
  existing public data and to establish additional
  collection of real-time traffic information when
  necessary

12
RTTI Recommended Actions (2)

• Agree to
• Create national RTTI strategies
• use these strategies to create agreement between
  the public and private service providers
• establish public-private partnerships
• Ensure the correct implementation of the standard
  by service providers
• Publish clear guidelines for the private sector
  for the conditions for private data collection
  networks
• Require broadcasters to carry the RDS/TMC
• Ensure that frequency spectrum and broadcast
  capacity will be made available for more advanced
  digital broadcast services such as DAB, DRM,
  DVB-T and eventually satellite DAB,
• Support the development of more advanced
  services, made possible by 3G, DAB, DVB-,
  satellite broadcasting, wireless LANs and
  others.

13
Recommended Actions HMI
14
HMI Recommended Actions (1) Communications

• In order to assure adherence to the existing
  ESoP and HMI principles and proper monitoring,
  the Member States should
• Ensure ESoP is effectively disseminated, known
  and used by designers, manufacturers, installers,
  and fleet managers
• Provide information to drivers on safe use of all
  in-vehicle information and communication systems
  by e.g. media safety campaigns
• Promote self-commitment of ESoP in after-market
  nomadic device providers and support provision of
  consumer information
• Report back on impact of ESoP

15
HMI Recommended Actions (2) Monitoring and
Enforcement

• Ensure regularly updated information on the
  definition and dynamics of the market for
  after-market nomadic devices
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of ESoP
• Monitor and evaluate the safety impact of
  in-vehicle information and communication systems
  e.g. by accident analysis (especially
  after-market nomadic)
• Take measures to ensure secure fixing of
  after-market nomadic devices according to the
  principles of ECE R21 or equivalent
• Continue to actively enforce existing Health and
  Safety legislation concerning at-work driving
  practices
• Take measures to ensure no hand-held use of
  nomadic devices by the driver while driving
• Identify and take necessary actions on the
  unintended use or misuse of visual entertainment
  systems by the driver while driving (e.g. TV,
  movies, video games)