The European Commission – Directorate-General Information Society – has commissioned OPTEM and its partners in six European countries1 to carry out a study on the subject of electronic active safety systems in vehicles, among different categories of road users. This study was conducted under the aegis of the Framework Contract Eurobarometer Qualitative Studies 2. The study’s main objectives are to assess : The present situation in terms of information and knowledge of systems now existing or being developed; The nature and intensiveness of expectations, whether active or latent, in this respect; The role which certain professional actors can play as influencers and promoters of the development of safety through these systems; Orientations and means of information and communication that can be envisaged. In each of the countries concerned, the study is based on a combination of group discussions and personal in depth interviews; 2 group discussions with car owners : for one of the groups, owners of high and medium-high range cars (mostly bought new) ; for the other, owners of low and medium-low range cars (bought new or second-hand); A series of 20 interviews with : Professional drivers; Vehicle fleet managers; Car salesmen (of makes characteristic of the local market); Driving school teachers; Pedestrians (non users or rare users of cars). This document is the overall report of the six-country study. It includes, in the annexes: The identity of OPTEM’s partner institutes in each country; The composition of the samples interviewed (in March and April 2006); The discussion and interview guides used for the different categories of respondents. (Author/publisher)
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