1. Activities of BASt in the area of ITS Dr. Christhard Gelau Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen/Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) Department “Automotive Engineering”, Unit “Vehicle Safety Evaluation, Driver Assistance Systems” e-mail: gelau@bast.de www.bast.debast

2. Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen/Federal Highway Research Institute www.bast.debast1 -Research issues in the area of ITS -Main activities in the eSafety initiative -Main activities in the International Harmonized Research Activities on ITS (IHRA-ITS) Outline Activities of BASt in the area of ITS

3. Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen/Federal Highway Research Institute www.bast.debast2 - -Driver distraction - -Driver workload, especially overload Direct safety risks, arising from: Research issues in the area of ITS Research issues in the area of ITS

4. Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen/Federal Highway Research Institute www.bast.debast3 - -Learning, skill development and transfer - -Manipulation and misuse of telematics and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) Indirect safety risks, arising from: Research issues in the area of ITS Research issues in the area of ITS

5. Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen/Federal Highway Research Institute www.bast.debast4 - -Intelligent Speed Management - -Special user groups (e.g. elderly drivers) - -Legal and organisational requirements - -Identification of safety potentials by accident analyses Requirements and implementation issues, e.g.: Research issues in the area of ITS Research issues in the area of ITS

6. Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen/Federal Highway Research Institute www.bast.debast5 - -Joint private-public sector initiative launched by the European Commission in 2002 in order to increase road safety by means of modern information and communication technologies (50% reduction of fatalities by 2010) Main activities in the eSafety initiative Main activities in the eSafety initiative - -Overall objective: European strategy to accelerate research, development and deployment Intelligent Integrated Road Safety Systems The eSafety initiative:

7. Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen/Federal Highway Research Institute www.bast.debast6 The eSafety Forum Main activities in the eSafety initiative Main activities in the eSafety initiative -Joint platform involving all road safety stakeholders -Dealing with the problems of introducing intelligent vehicle safety systems including the business rationale -eSafety Working Groups to focus on the domain- specific priority areas -eSafety Forum promotes and monitors the recommendations identified by the Working Groups

8. Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen/Federal Highway Research Institute www.bast.debast7 eSafety Working Groups: Main activities in the eSafety initiative Main activities in the eSafety initiative -eCall -Real Time Traffic Information -HMI -International Cooperation -Accident Causation Analysis -Research and Development -Road Maps -Heavy Vehicles (to be set up in 2004) -Public Outreach (to be set up in 2004)

9. Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen/Federal Highway Research Institute www.bast.debast8 eSafety Working Group HMI Main activities in the eSafety initiative Main activities in the eSafety initiative Chair: Annie Pauzie, INRETS, F Alan Stevens, TRL, UK Christhard Gelau, BASt, D Objective: - -To identify HMI related problems likely to negatively impact on safety or markets for in-vehicle systems including “Nomad Systems” - -To further develop existing EU Statement of Principles (ESoP) based on latest and future technological developments and applications

10. Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen/Federal Highway Research Institute www.bast.debast9 eSafety Working Group HMI Main activities in the eSafety initiative Main activities in the eSafety initiative Progress: - -Identification, listing and clustering of HMI related problems from available Member State reports and other relevant sources, “Problem Statements” for each cluster elaborated - -Proposal of a “Solution Matrix” (ongoing)

11. Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen/Federal Highway Research Institute www.bast.debast10 Activities in the International Harmonised Research Activities on ITS (IHRA-ITS) Activities in the International Harmonised Research Activities on ITS (IHRA-ITS) - -Representatives from Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, U.K., U.S. - -BASt contributes to regular activities (conceptual framework, workshops, survey of current research, priority projects) Working Group IHRA-ITS

12. Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen/Federal Highway Research Institute www.bast.debast11 Activities in the International Harmonised Research Activities on ITS (IHRA-ITS) Activities in the International Harmonised Research Activities on ITS (IHRA-ITS)   Joint German/Swedish/Japanese project on secondary task methods   Assessment of workload due to the use of in-vehicle information and communication systems   Results fit into the framework provided by projects like ADAM and CAMP (see 131st WP.29, Inf. Doc. No. 6) - -Priority project: Development of a harmonised safety evaluation methodology framework Working Group IHRA-ITS

13. Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen/Federal Highway Research Institute www.bast.debast12 - -Research targeted at the assessment of safety- related effects of ITS - -Priority on HMI and the development of assessment tools - -Provide input for standardisation and regulation Summary and conclusions Activities of BASt in the area of ITS

14. Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen/Federal Highway Research Institute www.bast.debast13 Thank you for your attention! Activities of BASt in the area of ITS