Developing connected vehicles and intelligent transport systems standards
The connected car communicates with other vehicles and surrounding infrastructure.
It can transfer data on aspects such as driving conditions, vehicle status, and cargo monitoring; sending out and receiving information on everything from traffic signal timing to what variable message signs are displaying at the roadside and the status of multiple neighboring connected vehicles.
Cars are perhaps the most complex ‘mobile’ devices that people own and one of the biggest challenges is in ensuring that a vehicle’s connectivity remains unbroken, wherever in the world, it is being driven. This means that the industry needs to look beyond regional and national levels and work together globally to make sure its products have the widest possible reach.
Why are Intelligent Transport Systems Needed?
Intelligent transportation systems have many benefits.
They are needed because:
Currently, it is not possible to build enough new roads or to meet the demand
To make the transportation system more efficient, secure, and safer through information, communications, and control technologies
To improve the attractiveness of public transport
To tackle rising congestion which increases travel times and industry costs
To reduce the environmental impacts of transport
To lower accident rates
Intelligent transportation systems include a wide range of applications that process and share information to ease congestion, improve traffic management, minimize environmental impact and increase the benefits of transportation to commercial users and the public in general.
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Building the Automotive Standards and Infrastructure of the Future
There is much international discussion and teamwork around developing standards for the connected vehicle, with important and ongoing collaboration between several standard development organizations (BSI, ISO, ITU, CEN, ETSI, SAE, IEEE) to provide a rich landscape of appropriate standards.
Predicting the future is not easy.
In an ideal world, infrastructures will have the capacity to communicate with all vehicles on the road at any one time. However, although continuous connectivity is the ultimate goal, there is a pressing need to develop technology that allows breaks in connectivity without affecting safety or performance.
Key Intelligent Transport Systems Standards
The habits of over 100 years of driving are about to change drastically and this will have major implications for wider society.
Motoring legislation and liability laws will need to be adapted around new systems and the public will need reassurance. And it is by working together, across country boundaries, to enrich existing and develop new international standards that the industry can clearly demonstrate it has the public’s safety and best interests at heart.
BSI offers standards for all types of communications in and between vehicles and fixed locations. These include:
BS ISO 22840:2010 Devices to aid reverse manoevres. Extended-range backing aid systems
BS EN 12368:2015 Traffic control equipment. Signal heads
BS EN 15213-1:2013 After-theft systems for the recovery of stolen vehicles
BS ISO 15829:2013 Side impact test procedures for the evaluation of occupant interactions with side airbags by pole impact simulation
BS ISO 15622:2010 Cruise control/ Lane-keeping assistance systems
BS ISO 11067:2015 Curve speed warning systems
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To ensure your automotive business is ready for the challenges of tomorrow, shop these key intelligent transport systems standards today.