The European RSAP, developed by the EC, lays out the over-arching European strategy to road safety, including road design and operations, vehicle design (crashworthiness), emergency response, and active safety (eSafety). The concept of active safety is firmly established within the RSAP as an important program component. For example, some potential government policy and program measures discussed in the RSAP are the following: | 12 Goals and Visions for the Future Europe s eSafety Vision 4 The European RSAP developed by the EC lays out the over-arching European strategy to road safety including road design and operations vehicle design crashworthiness emergency response and active safety eSafety . The concept of active safety is firmly established within the RSAP as an important program component. For example some potential government policy and program measures discussed in the RSAP are the following Regulatory measures for active safety systems Development of a plan to implement vehicle-vehicle and vehicle-roadside communications systems Fiscal incentives for purchasers of active safety systems. eSafety a key component of the RSAP is a government-industry initiative for improving road safety by using information and communications technologies. The overall objective is to join forces to create a European strategy to accelerate the research development deployment and use of intelligent integrated road safety systems to achieve the 2010 goal noted above. Systems envisioned are collision warning and mitigation lane-keeping vulnerable road user detection driver condition monitoring and improved vision. Other technologies will provide for automatic emergency calls adaptive speed limitation traffic management and parking aids. As an indication of the significance of the eSafety initiative eSafety strategy is led by a high-level group consisting of top executives in the automotive industry and government organizations. Implementation is then the responsibility of an eSafety working group which is composed of key professionals in these domains. eSafety focuses on both stand-alone IV safety systems and cooperative systems that will enable essential safety information to be exchanged between vehicles and the infrastructure. This broader access to situational information will allow more accurate assessment of risk and a more robust response. Recommendations from the initial eSafety strategy .
