Translation of "Bureau de la sécurité routière et automobile " (French → English) :

Motor Vehicle Traffic Safety Office

Community Highway Safety Office

Road and Motor Vehicle Traffic Safety Branch [ Road Safety ]

Road safety requires concerted actions by all the safety stakeholders: the European Commission, automotive and telecommunications industry and operators, equipment and service suppliers, motorway operators, road authorities, insurance companies, road safety and user organisations and others.

This business case has to be developed jointly with all actors involved, the automobile manufacturers, equipment suppliers, motorway operators, telecommunication operators, service providers, automotive after-sales players, insurance industry, road safety and user organisations, road authorities, emergency service providers, Member States and the European Commission.

Commission Actions supporting eCall Action Plan Organising two High-Level meetings with Member States promoting 112 and eCall in October 2005, plus several expert meetings and bilateral meetings Expert Group on Emergency Access[11] established in February 2006; launch of a survey on the organisation of emergency services in the Member States (including 112, E112) Infringement procedures opened against Member States on the concerns of the non-availability of caller location information (12 cases against Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Netherlands, Portugal and Slovakia) Informal PSAP Expert Group[12] established in July 2006, addressing issues specific to emergency rescue services (112, E112 and eCall) and ...[+++]spreading best practices eImpact, in-depth study on the socio-economic benefits of intelligent vehicle safety systems (including eCall) launched in January 2006[13] Toolbox, containing all relevant information related to the eCall initiative launched in November 2005, maintained by eSafetySupport[14] Eurobarometer study on the citizen's perception of road safety and intelligent vehicle safety systems launched in January 2006 Provision of the ICT 2006 standardisation work programme and Request to ETSI (ETSI MSG, Mobile Services Group) to produce the necessary standards for eCall as a priority item Working with the Member States towards a solution on the data protection and privacy issues (Art. 29 Working Party, established by Directive 95/46/EC)[15] Successful demonstration of the full eCall service chain by GST Rescue[16] |

The greatest potential in the application of Information and Communication Technologies in solving transport problems is offered by the Intelligent Vehicle Safety Systems, which use advance ICT for providing new, intelligent solutions for improving road safety.