APPLYING TECHNOLOGY FOR SAFETY

This paper presents an overview of present concerns within EUCAR, the research association of European car manufacturers. Safety has to be worked at and means aiming for a near-zero accident rate: systems in and out of the vehicle are required. The interaction of driver and vehicle is critical: the workload imposed on the driver must be one capable of being undertaken by any person. Safety is divided into preventive and active functions. Complex active safety functions including anti-collision systems have to integrate many components and co-operation is required between manufacturers, researchers and governmental agencies. Driver-car interaction provides assistance to the driver to reduce the amount of attention spent on non-driving tasks. For the covering abstract see ITRD E111392.