FESTA

Methodology for field operational tests

The aim of FESTA is to generate a manual of best practice for the design and implementation of Field Operations Tests (FOTs) for stand-alone and cooperative Intelligent Vehicle Safety Systems.

Facilitating the coordination of stakeholders' expertise and experience, this EC-funded project will help creating a handbook dealing with the following topics:

• Environment
• Circulation
• Acceptance
• Safety
• Data Requirements, storage and analysis
• Experimental design
• Scaling up
• Cost/benefits
• Critical design and implementation activities based on 'Lessons-learned' in FOTs in Europe, the US, Japan, Australia and elsewhere.

Three work packages will focus on the various ICT functions - Vehicle systems (e.g. collision warning systems), Cooperative systems (e.g. traffic management systems), Nomadic devices (e.g. driver information systems) and deliver for each of these functions:

• Use cases, scenarios and technologies
• Analysis of potential benefits and shortcomings
• Behaviour results and risks for FOT
• Input and requirements for FOT

 More information can be found at http://www.ertico.com/en/activities/safety/festa.htm

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