Telematics applications for transport in Europe

Adopting the report by Mr Stockmann, the Committee on Transport welcomed the Commission initiative but called on it to review its plan of action in order to rectify the omissions in it (e.g. supplementary accompanying studies on the usefulness of telematics applications for service users and on data protection, competition and product liability and calculations on the market potential of new telematics products). The Commission was called on to submit a draft directive on standardization in the field of telematics applications for transport on the basis of CEN results and ISO work. In addition, the action plan should be supplemented by studies in the following areas: - user health problems; - teleworking, teleconferences, telebanking; - acceleration and optimization of public transport; - the need for telematics services in towns and cities; - optimization of police and emergency service vehicle management, household refuse collection; - analysis of the negative impact of telematics (pollution, transport safety, quality of life).�