The Working Group (WG) is a forum for multi-national research with the aim to develop safety evaluation procedures that can form the basis of harmonized national policies on ITS. It is recognized that industry's role is to develop products that are effective, safe and acceptable to the public. Government's role is to ensure that products comply with appropriate safety criteria. The development of such criteria is the raison d'etre of this WG. It should be noted that while there are numerous groups developing ITS standards and operational requirements, no other body is developing procedures for evaluating the safety of on-board ITS devices. Certain intelligent technologies are being developed with the express purpose of assisting drivers to avoid collisions (e.g., so-called collision avoidance systems include forward obstacle collision warning system, lane departure warning systems and fatigue warning systems); whereas other systems are being developed to enhance driver convenience (e.g., navigation, adaptive cruise control). Since both types of systems can affect safety, the framework is intended to apply to all on-board information, control and communication systems, whether they be collision avoidance systems or driver convenience features.
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