ABS for Motorbikes will save lives now, we cannot afford to wait until 2017  "We cannot afford to wait until 2017 to make the Antilock Braking System (ABS) compulsory in motorcycles. Our figures show that thousands of road fatalities could be prevented by acting now,"...

Field Operational Tests (FOT) are large-scale test programmes aiming at a comprehensive assessment of  the efficiency, quality, robustness and acceptance of ICT solutions used for smarter, safer and cleaner and more comfortable transport solutions. FOT-Net was established by the European Commission to provide a networking...

  A seminar was organised on 12 April in São Paulo at the premises of Viajeo partner IPT - Institute for Technological Research with the support of B.Bice (FP7), the Brazilian Bureau for Enhancing International Cooperation with the European Union.  Aimed at sharing best practices...

Fifth FOT-Net Stakeholders Workshop The theme of the 5th Stakeholders workshop on 24 March was "Deployment Roadmap: how FOTs are used to reach policy goals". It provided a forum for discussion on deployment best practices and the role of public authorities in the definition and...

  The Organisation of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers makes a strong appeal towards harmonised Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) industry technical standards in order to accelerate the deployment of these systems. In this context globally aligned wireless communication protocols for safety and mobility relevant data to connect vehicles...