At the request of the European Commission is Wednesday, the first set of standards for Cooperative Intelligence Transport Systems published. Have different vehicles, among others, in the Netherlands as from 2015 with each other and with the road infrastructure can communicate.
The standard was developed by the European standardisation organisations CEN and ETSI. The development would be major car manufacturers, their suppliers and companies on matters of infrastructure are concerned. Also there would be cooperation with Japanese and American organizations for a global rollout. The initial development of a Cooperative Intelligent Transport System on the basis of the standard must be on a route between Rotterdam, Frankfurt and Vienna to happen, and then in 2015 the first connected cars on the track would be able to drive.
According to the vice-president of the European Commission, Neelie Kroes, the default, especially for more safety on the road. Vehicles with connectivity on the basis of the specification should, for example, warnings can get the user to the spookrijden is, that there is a stopping on his track, or that there are other events that affect its security. Not only have cars therefore can communicate with each other, but also with the road infrastructure itself.
The EU should have been since 2002, 180 million dollars in forty projects on cooperative transport systems have spent, the results of which are now for the standards to be used. According to Kroes the fragmented spectrum policy in the EU still called for a brake on the success of the smart vehicles provide. This policy would be the roll-out of fast broadband networks interfere.
