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Article by Jessica Royer Ocken originally published by Telematics Update: Stephen Longden, an ITS and telematics specialist with SBD lends his expert opinion in this article examining how V2X technology can help improve advanced driver assistance systems.
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Originally published in Fleet News
According to research carried out by consultancy specialists SBD, assuming two-thirds of all compatible vehicles on UK roads have eCall by around 2020, the system could be saving around 70 lives a year and reducing serious injuries by around 490 a year.
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New research - Kick-starting the mass market for ADAS ~A review of the key market drivers - released by SBD identifies converging factors leading to an increase in the uptake of active safety systems by the mass market.
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Originally published on Navibiz.com.cn
NAVIBIZ: During the Telematics@China conference you participated in a panel discussion surrounding traffic information services in China. Overall, what was your impressions from the discussions you had both during the panel and afterwards?
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BBC News quoted Paul Burnley, Senior ITS and Telematics Analyst at SBD following his presentation at the Future World Sympoisum, a conference organised by the UK's National Microelectronics Institute.
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NAVIBIZ: What is pushing Stolen Vehicle Tracking (SVT) services around the world?
Stephen: There are two major market drivers for SVT services ~ government legislation and the demands of the insurance industry. The leading example of the impact of government legislation is Brazil where SVT has been mandated for all new vehicles from later this year. In addition to government legislation, SVT is being driven by some insurance companies in Europe specifying the fitment of SVT, particularly for vehicles in high-risk market segments.
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The more things change, the more things stay the same. The EC’s long and slow march towards pan-European eCall took another important step forward recently. But as always, hurdles and uncertainties remain, making it hard for the automotive industry to distinguish fact from fiction.
The ITS Directive ~ Progress but just as much confusion as ever.
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There is no right answer when it comes to deciding what is going to be the dominant solution for the future of in-car navigation.
That's the conclusion of Andrew Hart, senior specialist on navigation at automotive industry consultancy SBD.
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With London 2012 set to be the "greenest games" in history, Abhishek Visveswaran, SBD ITS & Telematics Technical Analyst, writes for GEOlympics magazine about the various green intelligent transportation systems (ITS) initiatives, both from the government and the automotive industry, that can contribute towards this goal in a more sustainable way.
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