17. The World Forum noted that the “UNECE Road Map for promoting Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) – 20 global actions 2012 – 2020” was adopted by the Inland Transport Committee during its seventy-fourth session.

18. The secretariat reported on the special policy segment on ITS that was held in the framework of the ITC session. During the first-of-its-kind ITS kick-off event, more than 140 government participants, industry experts and academia came together to mark UNECE’s launch of the ITS strategy embodied by the UNECE publication “ITS for sustainable mobility”. The event showcased that ITS deployment was on track in many places, although high-level speakers from the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russian Federation, South Africa and the United Kingdom outlined that more work was needed.

19. WP.29 noted that UNECE had received valued support from governments and stakeholders in its efforts to put ITS on the global agenda and to identify issue areas with UNECE possibly taking the leading role in areas such as solving liability problems, developing a common definition of ITS, advancing initiatives on variable message signs (VMS), further developing regulations that touch ITS standards, delivering research and data, as well as best practices, workshops and capacity-building.

20. The World Forum acknowledged the Road Map on ITS, which is the UNECE’s work plan for the next several years. The three main objectives are:

• (1) To endorse the actual work of UNECE Working Parties on ITS, to foster the promotion of discussion between the Working Parties and to respond to the pledge of participating delegates to bring these discussion to their ministries;
• (2) To offer analytical work in areas where direct links to the UNECE legal instruments/ conventions and to partner with relevant ITS stakeholders exist; and
• (3) To deliver capacity-building, to spread news on ITS and to enhance extra opportunities.

21. WP.29 welcomed the initiative of the UNECE to host annual round tables on ITS. These will unbundle the various issues around ITS and dig deeper into the subject matter. The first round table was expected to take place in 2013. WP.29 noted the lack of an institutional forum on ITS at a global level, where transport policymakers could meet and discuss policy frameworks.

22. The GRE Chair informed WP.29 about the forthcoming Vision Congress 2012 on adaptive lighting and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). The event, organized by the French Society of Automotive Engineers (SIA), would be held in the “Palais des Congrès” in Versailles (France), on 9-10 October 2012 (see detailed information at: SIA Vision Conference 2012 details).

23. The World Forum noted that the next meeting of informal working group in ITS was scheduled to be held on Friday, 16 March 2012 from 9.30 to 11.00 a.m. It was agreed that WP.29-156-14, WP.29-156-15 and WP.29-156-16 be considered during that meeting.

Mr. Burns, chairperson of IHRA-ITS WG, explained the outline of the control principles based on ITS-20-05.

Switzerland asked a question about risk compensation. Mr. Burns expressed his opinion that risk compensation is a kind of adaptive response from the driver and that the driver should be held in the loop. Further, Dr. Hiramatsu emphasized the necessity of keep monitoring this issue on the market, while studying conditions under which it takes place.

Mr. Yarnold expressed his intention to focus on the total gain by the support system while paying attention to the issue of risk compensation.

With regard to override in item 1, Mr. Yarnold presented what Canada pointed out at GRRF.

Mr. Burns expressed his view that overriding was necessary in normal situation, while emergency braking was not a normal situation.

Mr. Yarnold asked the U.S. and Canada as to the effect of weather in a critical driving situation in item 4. The U.S. answered that, on two-wheeled vehicles and sports cars, the driver may have disabled the ESC system, so the system should be designed so that it is
automatically activated when the ignition is turned on.

With regard to item 12, OICA found it reasonable to turn on the stop lamps when controlling deceleration, but pointed out the necessity of giving specific instructions (e.g. turn on the brake lamps when using brakes in front and rear control). OICA also pointed out that
display upon activation of systems other than brake system should be considered on a case-by-case basis. Mr. Burns agreed to amend the draft to that effect.

As to the system-initiated transfer of control in item 8, Mr. Yarnold wondered specifically how the transfer will be communicated to the driver. Mr. Burns answered that, when the system is active controlling the speed, etc., the communication to the driver will be done in such a way not to embarrass the driver. Meanwhile, Mr. Onoda pointed out that, as symbols in item 8, the standard symbols of R121 should be used.

OICA pointed out that it was necessary to match the scope of the guideline with the orientation of WP.1 and, for that purpose, check not only technical issues but also legal issues.

Mr. Yarnold expressed his intention to work on the problem of consistency with legal issues at EU and WP.1, amend the current draft as technologies advance on the market, consult expert meetings after getting approval from WP.29 to reflect reasonable suggestions, finalize discussions by the end of 2012 and adopt the draft at WP.29 of 2013.