I-WAY, intelligent co-operative system for road safety

Abstract

Fatalities and injuries connected with road accidents and its social and economic implications are dramatic issues nowadays. In this paper we present a strategy to improve road and mobility safety addressed by the I-WAY system. I-WAY is an innovative system able to improve road safety based on a cooperative driving platform which will ubiquitously monitor and recognize the road environment and the driver's state in real time using data obtained from three types of sources: the in-vehicle sensing system, the road infrastructure and neighbouring cars. It supports both, road-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-vehicle communication in order to enhance drivers' perception on road environment and improve responses in critical scenarios. This work addresses the I-WAY technical solution and its overall architecture.