Project News: Results of CVIS survey launched

Date: 31 August 2007

Report examines European motorists’ opinions of current and future safety systems.

Within the framework of the EuroTEST platform, 8,000 motorists from 12 European countries took part in the Safety-Technopro/ERTICO - ITS Europe coordinated CVIS project survey which aimed at analysing the level of knowledge and acceptance of current and future safety systems, applied to the field of motoring.
 
The report was carried out on the basis of two surveys distributed by auto clubs in 12 European countries (Norway, Croatia, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands, France, Portugal, Belgium, Spain, Austria and Italy), assessing the level of knowledge and attitudes of motorists in regards to present (SafetyTechnoPro) and future eSafety systems (CVIS).
 
One of the main conclusions of the study is the urgent need to provide users with more information on the applications that offer more safety and an increased chance of saving lives in the event of a road accident.
 
Assessment of future onboard systems
CVIS applications to be fitted into future vehicles were considered to be useful or very useful by more than 56% of those surveyed.
 
According to the survey, applications dealing with travel time and safety were given the most value by European motorists. The top position went to a system which allows motorists to receive information on the condition of the road as well as incidents (e.g. sharing pictures of the road conditions or creating a database on road conditions).
 
Travel assistance service, that allowing motorists to plan their travel routes and helps traffic control centres to predict possible points of congestion or conflict came in second. This result has a particular significance since 73.8% of the European motorists questioned state that they plan their travels well in advance and that the Cooperative Travel Assistance system (CTA), when used to complement a navigation devise while traveling, would be very useful.

Road Information System	Cooperative Travel Assistance system (CTA)

Pay-per-use
Those surveyed in Italy, Portugal and Croatia ranked the highest in willing to pay for the future e-safety applications proposed in the CVIS project, while those surveyed in Switzerland ranked the lowest.
 
Data privacy
One conclusion of the study highlights the importance of data privacy. Sixty percent of the surveyed drivers indicated a willingness to collaborate in order to implement cooperative systems, as long as this does not involve the exchange of personal data. Those surveyed in Switzerland, Germany and Austria were the least accepting of the new systems, should they violate people’s privacy.
 
To download the full report, please visit http://www.cvisproject.org/en/publications/racc_surveys.htm

For further information on the CVIS project, please contact ERTICO - ITS Europe Project Associate Julie Castermans or visit the CVIS website at www.cvisproject.org