Commission aims to begin deployment in 2019.
The Automotive Service Association reported that on Nov. 30, the European Commission (EC) released a strategy on Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS). The strategy offers step-by-step guidance for coordinated deployment of connected and automated vehicles across the European Union. The initial phase, which is slated to begin in 2019, includes the installation of hazardous location notifications, such as slow or stationary vehicle(s) and traffic ahead warnings, road work warnings, weather conditions, etc. It also prescribes signage applications, including in-vehicle speed limits, signal violation/intersection safety, traffic signal priority request by designated vehicles and green