The connected vehicle – driven by consumers or policymakers?

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The connected vehicle driven by consumers or
policymakers?

• Robert Cone Chair PIARC-FISITA Joint Task Force
• Formerly Director Road Network Management for
  Wales

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The PIARC FISITA Joint Task Force

• PIARC historically provides a source of
  independent advice for Road Operators and
  Governments world-wide
• FISITA an association of the organisations
  representing automotive engineers
• The JTF
• Draws on expertise within PIARC and FISITA
• Does not undertake own research
• Brings together Automotive Engineers and Road
  Operators

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PIARC- FISITA Joint Task Force

• Joint Task Force Mission
• Inform PIARC First Delegates about the
  opportunities and challenges ahead concerning
  connected vehicles and cooperative systems.
• Ensure that PIARCs and FISITAs membership
  better understand and are responsive to road
  operators and automotive industry concerns.

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The connected vehicle driven by consumers or
policymakers?

• Background and history
• The roles of the different players
• Government and policymaker
• Some early thoughts and questions form the task
  force

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Background to the connected vehicle

• Advance Vehicle Development started in 1990s
  with DRIVE, PROMETHEUS
• Infrastructure development started in 1980 with
  UDC
• Motorway Traffic Control Started in mid 1990s
  with incident detection and Traffic Mangement
  Centres
• Telecoms late 1980s were analogue!
• What has changed?

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Driven by Governments and Road Operators?

• Goverrnment Policies
• Safety
• Efficiency
• Economy
• Carbon

• Road Operators
• Minimise revenue expenditure
• Provide service
• Satisfy targets

• Connected vehicles can contribute?

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The Consumer and Vehicle Driver

• No standard consumer
• New unpredictable markets
• Multiple products
• Product lifecycle
• Integration?
• Who will lead?

• The modern driving environment
• The legal environment
• The role of technology
• The demographic issue?

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Driven by the Manufacturer?

• Now
• Enhanced Navigation
• Speed assist
• Steering
• Braking
• Stability
• Suspension
• Cruise control

• Coming soon
• Driver condition monitoring
• Vehicle Identification
• Security
• Vehicle condition
• Traffic signal warning
• Vehicle location and movement
• Distress and Emergency
• and
• Applications

The Connected Vehicle coming by stealth?
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Driven by standards?

• Endorsed by major governments
• US policy
• EU mandate 453
• Harmonisation working group
• Standards organisations making good progress
• Is a comprehensive set of worldwide standards a
  pre-requisite?

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The Telecommunications Driver

• Telecommunications underpin most applications
• Role in demonstration projects
• Provides a payment mechanism
• New business models required?
• Will the consumer pay?

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Data and litigation

• Ownership of data
• Fixed
• Dynamic
• Advantages
• Marketing
• Society
• Risks
• for consumer
• Is this a situation the consumer will tolerate?

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Road Operators concerns

• Public expectations
• Political aspirations
• Invest and maintain the asset
• Operating roles and responsibilities
• Fail-safe operational procedures
• Mixed fleets of equipped unequipped vehicles
• Data ownership and integrity of
• Which system which approach?
• Capital, revenue and operating costs

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more concerns!

• Loss of credibility if so-called intelligent
  services don't work
• Road safety engineers still unconvinced by ITS
• The development of inefficient (and risky)
  autonomous technologies
• Evolution of competing and non-interactive user
  groups
• Duplication of sensor/counting technologies
• The business case resources are stretched!
• Risk averse Road operators cant afford for
  early deployments to go wrong!

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Developing countries

• How will vehicle communications impact on them?
• Motor manufacturing global approach
• Vehicles move between countries and regions
• Second hand vehicle market is international
• Systems need to be robust
• Training and driver experience problematic

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Conclusions

• Technology not an issue?
• Standards taking shape nicely?
• Development taking place slowly?
• Governments
• Encouraging technology
• More pro-active safety agenda
• The legal situation
• Where is this going?
• What should the road operator do?