Vehicle-related telematics applications primarily aim at improving the safety.
The European Union initiative to half the number of traffic fatalities until 2010
[1] has lead to several projects concerning the use of vehicle-to-vehicle communications based on Dedicated Short Range Communication to improve traffic safety, for example,
Inter-Vehicle Hazard Warning
[2], FleetNet - Internet on the Road
[3] and CarTALK 2000
[4].
Vehicle-to-vehicle communications can improve road traffic safety and efficiency by expanding the driver's perception as well as cooperative driving and platooning
[5].
| [1] | White paper - European transport policy for 2010: time to decide. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2001. |
| [2] | DEUFRAKO. IVHW System Concept and Issues relevant for Standardization. DEUFRAKO Project Consortium - Draft, 2002. |
| [3] | H. Hartenstein, H. Füßler, M. Mauve, and W. Franz. Simulation results and a proof-of-concept implementation of the FleetNet position-based router. In Personal Wireless Communications, volume 2775 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 192-197. Springer-Verlag, 2003. |
| [4] | D. Reichardt, M. Miglietta, L. Moretti, P. Morsink, and W. Schulz. CarTALK 2000: safe and comfortable driving based upon inter-vehicle-communication. In IEEE Intelligent Vehicle Symposium, pages 545-550, 2002. |
| [5] | S. Tsugawa. Issues and recent trends in vehicle safety communication systems. IATTS Research, 29(1):7-15, 2005. |