1. Session 2: Safety (vehicle and passenger safety, emergency services)
Session Chair: Bodo Fiebig,
T-Mobile Traffic GmbH, Germany

2. European Traffic Accidents and Purposed Solutions
EU Traffic Accident Problem:
accidents per year
fatalities
injuries
estimated cost of 160 Billion €
the psychological damage to the victims and their families cannot even be estimated.
The EU Initiative:
Information and Communications Technologies for Safe and Intelligent Vehicles aim an reduction of the causalities by 50% of the year 2010.
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3. European Traffic Accidents and Purposed Solutions cont.
Causes of accident:
it is estimated that more than 95% are cause by human failures, 75% of all accidents definitely due to human failure.
The solutions:
intelligent vehicles, intelligent infrastructure and telematics services
Feasibility:
50% reduction of fatalities between 1970 and 1987 in Germany due to safer cars (todays cars are 4 safer due to ABS, ESP, better impact structure, etc.) while traffic increased by 72%.
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4. Spectrum of Session 2
Presentation 1: Information system commercial vehicles
Presentation 2: Public mobile network use for road safety enhancement
Presentation 3: A Proposal for Next Generation Ambulance Communication System to Support Telemedicine
Presentation 4: E-Call System
Presentation 5: High Accuracy Positioning Services for Motorized Society in Japan
Presentation 6: An open architecture supporting telematics and the integration of in-car devices - a law enforcement application
Presentation 7: Inter-Vehicle Communication based on Short Range Radar Technology
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5. Thank you very much for your attention and enjoy the following presentations
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