Networking & communication systems

Technology solution needed to counter mobile phone menace With the UK set to increase the penalties for using mobile phones while driving, the RAC Foundation's Steve Gooding considers what else can be done to combat this deadly distraction. The first mobile phone call was made in 1973, by an engineer working for Motorola. Today 4.7 billion people across the globe subscribe to a mobile service.

RAC survey shows big safety gains with average speed enforcement Cheaper and easier communications are providing authorities with new options for influencing driver behaviour. Colin Sowman reports. It's official; Average speed cameras (ASCs) cut the number of fatal or serious injury crashes by more than a third.

Tri-nation cooperation on C-ITS Corridor In the European C-ITS Corridor project, authorities from three countries are working with the automotive industry on the deployment of Cooperative (V2X) Systems. Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems/Services (C-ITS) has the potential to improve road safety, transport efficiency and environmentally friendly mobility, as well as creating additional services and new business models. A set of...