Citation

Burns PC. Proc. Int. Tech. Conf. Enhanced Safety Vehicles 2005; 2005: 9p.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, In public domain, Publisher National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)

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Abstract

The International Harmonized Research Activities (IHRA) Working Group on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) was established to coordinate, collaborate and exchange information on research aimed at optimizing the safety performance of ITS. This report describes some of the key activities in recent years. The working group has also started to publish an IHRA-ITS newsletter through INRETS that describes these research activities. The working group continues to pursue seven priority research topics. This group recently offered to support the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicles (WP.29) Informal Group on ITS in their efforts to establish a common understanding of new in-vehicle ITS technologies and to exchange information. In the next year, this working group will brief the WP.29 ITS informal group on a number of key safety issues for ITS. In sum, the IHRA-ITS working group continues to be an effective forum for international harmonized research on ITS safety.