European drivers will soon benefit from safety,
environmental and efficiency improvements to their journeys thanks
to the collaborative project being demonstrated at this year's ITS
World Congress in Vienna from 22nd to 26th
October 2012.
19th ITS World Congress
22nd to 26th October 2012
Reed Exhibition Vienna, Messeplatz 1
1020 Vienna, Austria
Research into how vehicles can communicate with each other and
the road infrastructure around them is advanced. Now, the vehicle
manufacturers, suppliers, road infrastructure providers and
standards authorities in Europe are working together to bring about
the market introduction of these advanced technology systems.
Vienna Driving Demonstration
Congress attendees in Vienna will have the opportunity to see
for themselves how cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems can
assist drivers in real-time and in real-world traffic. A series of
example scenarios will be demonstrated in a collaborative project
by the CAR 2 CAR Communication Consortium, representing 58 partners
from vehicle manufacturers, suppliers and research organisations,
together with the Testfeld Telematik Consortium, representing 14
partners from the industry, the public sector and road operators.
Using sections of the TT Consortium's 45km test-field route around
the motorway junctions A2/A23-A4-S1 in Vienna, participants in the
demo will experience the interaction between telematic services
delivered from road side units to and between intelligent vehicles
via an exclusively allocated ITS frequency band for Europe (5.875
GHz - 5.905 GHz). The appointed technology and reference system has
been established in DRIVE C2X, a European project which aims at
initiating a framework for deployment of Cooperative Systems and
its Europe-wide evaluation in largescale field operational tests.
Participants can also experience how intelligent cars as well as
motorcycles and utility vehicles can alert one another to
potentially dangerous situations, such as when road users are
obscured or in a blind spot.
How does it work?
Intelligent vehicles transmit data, for example about their
position, direction and speed, as well as simultaneously receiving
the same data set from other vehicles or information from road
infrastructure, for example about the upcoming signal phase
and timing of traffic lights. The exchange of data between the
vehicles and infrastructure is imperceptible by drivers until a
potentially dangerous situation is detected, at which moment the
drivers concerned will receive an alert.
Driver Benefits
→ Safety:
Among the many valuable applications of this technology are some
clear safety benefits for road users. The development of passive
safety equipment such as seatbelts, airbags and crumple zones have
all reduced the severity of road traffic accidents but sadly, not
the frequency. Accident prevention can be enhanced by ensuring
drivers are made aware of any potential collision.
The safety benefits of cooperative Intelligent Transport
Systems include:
- informing drivers when
they are on a collision course with a nearby vehicle
- informing drivers of the
current speed limit
- alerting drivers of an
approaching and potentially unseen motorcycle or other
vehicles when for example changing lanes or approaching a blind
intersection
- alerting drivers of
probable red light violations by calculating information -
based on driver speed and traffic light phase timing
- informing drivers of local road
conditions, such as side winds and possible
aquaplaning
- informing drivers when there is
an obstruction on the road ahead such as
road works or the end of a traffic jam, allowing the driver to
reduce their
speed in time
→ Efficiency and environmental
performance:
Further applications include real-time, accurate information about
traffic jams, route recommendations, and information about
approaching emergency vehicles to ensure their efficient passage
through urban areas and green light optimum speed advisory which
can provide a signal phase and timing alert, facilitating steady
traffic flow and avoiding abrupt speed changes which cause high
emissions.
Collaboration & Cooperation for an Interoperability
Success Story
Over the last decade, the operability and potential benefits of
Cooperative Systems have been investigated and thoroughly tested in
several national and European research projects. The technical
systems allowing vehicles to communicate with infrastructure, known
as Car2X Technology, will be ready for use in the second half of
the decade on European roads. Through the hard work and investment
in projects such as the CAR 2 CAR Communication Consortium and the
Testfeld Telematik Consortium, we are moving closer towards the
international harmonisation of ITS standards to ensure
interoperability across brands and across borders. The success of
cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems lies in the deep
cooperation between public authorities, standards agencies, road
and infrastructure operators and the component and vehicle
industries. We hope to see you in Vienna, and you will see we are
already there!
Notes to Editors:
CAR 2 CAR Communication Consortium
The CAR 2 CAR Communication Consortium is an industrial driven,
non-profit association funded by European vehicle manufacturers and
supported by equipment suppliers as well as research institutions.
Currently 58 partners - 12 vehicle manufacturers, 16 suppliers and
30 research organisations - work together in the CAR 2 CAR
Communication Consortium on non-profit basis with the aim of
enhancing traffic safety and efficiency due to cooperative
Intelligent Transport Systems. In particular, the CAR 2 CAR
Communication Consortium contributes to the development of
Cooperative Systems by exploring the capabilities of Inter-Vehicle
Communications and Vehicle2Roadside Communication - summarised in
the acronym Car2X Communication and Technology - and by creating a
common standard for cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems.
Therefore the CAR 2 CAR Communication Consortium assists the
activities of the European standardisation organisations,
especially ETSI TC ITS, but also CEN, in accomplishing a European
standard which guarantees the interoperability of Cooperative
Systems across borders. In addition the CAR 2 CAR Communication
Consortium is occupied also with the international harmonisation of
standards, particularly in cooperation with US-American and
Japanese OEMs and authorities, to increase the benefits of
cooperative ITS and ensure the maximal utility for the
end-user.
Testfeld Telematik Consortium
The research project Testfeld Telematik lays its focus on
telematic services based on data receivable from road
infrastructure, public transport and individual vehicles and used
for supporting traffic participation in a safe, efficient and
sustainable manner. The Testfeld Telematik Consortium therefore
explores requirements and use cases for those data-based
cooperative services in a testfield encompassing 45 kilometres of
test route, located around the motorway junction A2/A23-A4-S1 in
Vienna. The Testfeld Telematik Consortium is an association of 14
industrial companies, including research institutions,
infrastructure operators and organisations from the public sector -
in this way covering all parts in the value chain of cooperative
systems and services - and co-funded by the Austrian Climate and
Energy fund. The ITS World Congress supplies the background for the
first exposure of results from the test drives in the area mounted
with road side units. Tested technologies are personal navigation
devices, smartphone applications, internal vehicles systems
extended to cooperative systems, exchanging real time information
between in-vehicle and infrastructure units and hence ensuring
safe, efficient and sustainable mobility.
Contact:
ASFINAG
Christoph Pollinger
Media Officer
Tel.:+43 664 60108 16841
Email: christoph.pollinger@asfinag.at
Dr. Karl-Oskar Proskawetz
CAR 2 CAR Communication Consortium
Administrator
Tel: +49 531 3540672
Email: karl-oskar.proskawetz@its-nds.de
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