The Role of Electronics in Road Safety 2012-36-0552
Traffic accidents cause significant material and social losses. Reducing accidents requires actions in different fronts and involves multiple players, and is not a straightforward task. In spite of this, both in developed and also in development countries, plans are being put in place to reduce these losses.
This paper discusses shortly the efforts to reduce accidents, and presents some of trends and the features that electronic modules have made possible, that are aimed to increase road safety.