The Intelligent Car Initiative (ICI) is one of the i2010 flagship initiatives aimed at having an impact on the quality of life. The ICI addresses the European road transport problems of avoiding accidents, improving energy efficiency of vehicles, and reducing congestion, thereby increasing the overall competitiveness of the European market. One pillar of ICI focuses on using ICT-based solutions in order to realize the potential offered by these new technologies. To create a baseline in the field of Intelligent Vehicle Safety systems (IVS systems) the unit DG Information Society & Media, Unit G4 "ICT for Transport", commissioned a benchmarking study of the activities in raising awareness, promotion and deployment of intelligent vehicle systems in the 25 EU member states (2006) plus Norway and Switzerland. With the results of this benchmarking study in hand the European Commission will be able to target policy measures in this field more effectively, and stimulate the exchange of 'best practices' between the EU member states. Between November 2006 and June 2007 a consortium led by the Netherlands Organisation of Applied Scientific Research (TNO, the Netherlands) collected the information by means of a web survey and performed the analysis. The other 5 consortium partners are Institute for Transport Economics at the University of Cologne (Germany), VTT (Finland), CRF (Italy), CDV (Czech Republic) and ERTICO (Belgium). The benchmarking study identifies activities of all stakeholders relevant to raising awareness and to the promotion and deployment of intelligent vehicle systems. The stakeholders groups covered by this study include governmental institutions, infrastructure operators, road safety organisations, driver organisations, ITS organisations and industry including the European automobile industry. The fmdings of the study are mapped to the AUWE concept (Awareness, Understanding, Willingness-to-buy, Equipment) and put all together in to perspective of a life-cycle. More than 440 stakeholders were identified and the relevant persons contacted between January and May of this year; 188 of them have responded to the web survey. The analysis of the responses provides insight into the level of awareness, promotion and deployment of Intelligent Vehicle Safety systems on a country level (the EU member states, Norway and Switzerland) and on the level of stakeholder groups. (Author/publisher)
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