Leading road authorities and vehicle manufacturers want quick wins in cutting serious crashes as technology advances. Roads that Cars can Read seeks to help remove the institutional barriers that stop road and vehicle engineering working as one Safe System towards zero road deaths. The paper proposes starting with lane marking and speed sign recognition systems to lead change. Cars with these systems are already at the showroom. It proposes focusing on just 10% of the European network - the busy national and regional roads outside city centres where most die and most travel takes place. It proposes practical reference surveys to measure the real world variation in signing and marking across borders, define new working tolerances and set out the quality standards needed to ensure Europe's roads can be read by 2020 by the cars then on the road. The cat’s eye should not be the last word in linking automobile technology with road infrastructure. If you have knowledge that can help shape the future, please send us your response to this Consultation. (Author/publisher)
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