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As a member of the European eSafety forum I get lots of information on various Intelligent Transport System initiatives
As a member of the European eSafety forum I get lots of information on various Intelligent Transport System initiatives.
The recent edition of the eSafety newsletter has just arrived on my desk and it makes interesting reading particularly concerning the eCall initiative. As I have mentioned before in this blog eCall, the EU wide emergency call system, is potentially going to be standard in all new cars from 2010. This initiative is starting to gather pace as 2010 looms nearer (although the UK has still not signed the memorandum of understanding which supports implementation). Some of the statistics quoted by the EU related to the introduction of eCall are very interesting:
These predictions can only be good news for everyone and this initiative sees a practical use for location technology which can help save lives. Don't forget it won't just be drivers who will benefit from eCall because when we all have systems in our vehicles it will be like having a personal hot-line to the emergency services.
This will allow drivers to report any incident they see thereby benefiting injured pedestrians or cyclists and anyone else who has a need for the blue light services.
It appears that the lack of a UK signature on the memorandum of understanding is currently holding us back from these potential benefits.
With our expertise in the field of technology shouldn't we be leading rather than following?
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