Samenvatting
Advanced Safety Vehicles project is a vehicle oriented development which has been promoted by the Ministry of Transport, Japan. The five-year first phase project was completed by March 1996 with a conference and a demonstration. Nine passenger car manufacturers participated in this project. In April 1996, another five-year second phase was launched. In this second phase project, bus, truck and motorcycle manufacturers were invited. New aspects in this second phase are human interface and cooperation with infrastructure. This paper presents a review of ASV projects in the framework of ITS and a discussion of critical issues in introducing safety features into the vehicle.