Luxembourg has successfully completed the eCall conformity assessment, becoming the first EU Member State to declare its readiness to implement eCall. This assessment was carried out under the umbrella of the EU-funded I_HeERO Project, which aims to conclude the upgrades needed for EU Member States to comply with the legal requirement of preparing for eCall’s launch on 1 October 2017. Luxembourg, an I_HeERO project partner, completed the assessment under the supervision of NavCert, leader of the conformity
Dr Alan Stevens, chief scientist and research director at the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), has been working in Beijing on an ITS project to develop a strategy to improve safety on the motorways of China, using cooperative ITS as an addition to more traditional safety improvements. It is also expected that this will lead to improvements in capacity and environmental sustainability.
If success is defined by demand, Flow Labs says the company is on its way. The “find issues, fix problems, fund projects” company has three speaking slots throughout the week at the ITS America Congress & Expo. It will also unveil a low-cost pedestrian safety module in the Education Theatre on Wednesday.
With the 185A barrier from Rebloc, comes the world´s first extensively tested and fully EN 1317-1/2 compliant safety barrier with the highest containment levels H4a and H4b.
