News from FOTs

euroFOT – Data analysis: A Gargantuan task

date 04/05/2012
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In June 2012, the results of the first large-scale European Field Operational Test on active safety systems – euroFOT – will be unveiled. With the aim of showing the public the positive impact active safety […]

In the Spotlight: euroFOT – Bringing Intelligent Vehicles to the Road

date 03/30/2012
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In June 2012 the first large-scale European Field Operational Test of active safety systems – euroFOT – will come to a close and unveil unprecedented results. For twelve months, 1200 drivers travelled European roads in […]

simTD brochure published

date 12/05/2011
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The German FOT project, simTD, has recently published an easy to read brochurewww.simTD.de Facts, which provides detailed information on simTD functions, central functions and  core system components.  The aim of this project is to combine vehicle, […]

In the Spotlight: Naturalistic Driving Studies

date 09/27/2011
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Rob Eenink, consortium leader of PROLOGUE – the EU FP7 feasibility study for a large scale naturalistic driving project, and Dr. Kenneth L. Campbell, Chief Programme Officer for the second Strategic Highway Research Programme (SHRP 2), share […]

European Action Plan: fostering deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems

date 02/09/2009
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On 16 December 2008, the European Commission adopted the Action Plan for the Deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in Europe. The main objective is to accelerate and coordinate the deployment of ITS in road […]

Seventh Framework Programme: ICT for Mobility

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Under the ICT priority of the Seventh Framework Programme, a call is currently open for the objective on ‘ICT for safety and energy efficiency in mobility’. The total EC budget for this objective within the […]