PRAISE is a new project run by ETSC on Preventing Road Accidents and Injuries for the Safety of Employees (http://www.etsc.eu/PRAISE.php). This report considers the road safety benefits of devices such as seat belt reminders, intelligent speed adaptation, adaptive cruise control, alcolocks, electronics stability programs, following distance warning, emergency braking, route planning and fatigue detectors. The business case for these technologies, EU policy, recommendations to the EU, EU member state legislation and policies, the initiatives of employers, recommendations to employers and downsides to technologies and how to overcome them.
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