This paper examines the issues raised by research projects in the field of road vehicle control within the EC's Fourth Framework Telematics Applications Programme. The applications which are included in the research area are introduced within the context of how these individual applications might contribute to realising a more advanced road transport system. The benefits of the applications are outlined with reference to the wider social and economic aspects of market introduction. Interim results and achievements are summarised from the first year of the activities of the projects within the work area. The paper identifies a number of common issues which have been raised by more than one project within the work area. In particular, the paper focuses on issues which require further examination in order to facilitate the wider deployment of systems in the market. The remainder of the paper refers to projects which form the Road Vehicle Control Area of the EC's Fourth Framework research Telematics Application Programme. The work area is broadly concerned with the application of telematics to road vehicles in order to assist drivers with, and/or to perform automatically, the control of the vehicle.
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