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Can technology minimize driver distraction?
Workshop explores how to focus our attention on the road
Geneva, 23 February 2011
– Texting, making calls, and other interaction with in-vehicle
information and communication systems while driving is a serious source of
driver distraction and increases the risk of traffic accidents.
Standards and design guidelines for these systems and devices, whether portable
or fixed in the vehicle, can contribute to decreasing driver distraction,
allowing the driver to focus on the road ahead.
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What:
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Sixth ITU, ISO and IEC Fully Networked
Car@Geneva Motor Show
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When:
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2-3 March 2011
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Where:
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Geneva Motor Show, PALEXPO, Geneva
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Why:
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Held during the Geneva International Motor Show,
The Fully Networked Car
will examine this and other topics linking ICTs
and vehicles. Also on the agenda will be
electric vehicles and Intelligent Transport
Systems that offer the potential for cars to
foresee and avoid collisions, navigate the
quickest route to their destination, make use of
up-to-the-minute traffic reports, identify the
nearest available parking slot and minimize
their carbon emissions.
For the sixth year running, international
standards organizations ITU, ISO and IEC will
host this ground-breaking event, bringing
together key players involved in the development
of technologies and standards, as well as other
major industry representatives.
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Who:
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Experts and executives from the car industry,
ICT community, governments, research and
development institutes and academia. Journalists
and the general public are welcome to attend.
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For more information, please contact:
Toby Johnson
Senior Communications Officer
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Sarah Parkes
Chief, Media Relations and Public Information
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