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Speed and motor vehicles: Vehicle-based measures to monitor, manage and control speed

This inquiry was established on 19 July 2003, to report on issues associated with speed control and motor vehicle design and engineering. Over recent years there has been a heavy emphasis in New South Wales, and in other Australian jurisdictions, on speeding enforcement and on lowering or revising speed limits. It is timely to review the role of vehicle technology in allowing for the better management and control of road speeds. While the inquiry is focussed on vehicle systems, it will examine the interface between the vehicle and the road infrastructure, and the driver-vehicle interface. Some matters of interest include the interplay between mechanical engineering and electronics in modern motor vehicle design and construction, and the question of whether the process of introducing new technologies for speed control is best driven by regulation or by market forces.

The 53rd Parliament, including all current committee inquiries, expired at midnight on 2 March 2007.

Resolution passed 19 June 2003, with specific terms of reference adopted on 3 July 2003 The STAYSAFE Committee is to conduct an inquiry into the potential for motor vehicle technologies to influence or control driving speed in light vehicles, heavy vehicles, and motorcycles. The inquiry will review: * established, emerging and future vehicle-based technologies that influence driving speed; * the short term and long term possibilities for improved vehicle-based speed management and control; * road infrastructure, digital mapping, management monitoring systems and vehicle requirements associated with technologies for improved speed management and control; * the potential of the Australian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) and other road safety-based rating and assessment systems to influence the development and marketing of vehicle-based technologies which can influence driving speed; * incentives that may influence the decisions of purchasers of motor vehicles to buy motor vehicles which use technologies for improved speed management and control; * the social and economic benefits and costs to the community likely to be connected with the adoption of vehicle-based technologies for speed management and control; * the capacity for New South Wales (within the Australian federal system) to influence and effect change in national motor vehicle standards; * results of Australian and international trials of speed control systems; * and any otehr related matters. The inquiry will include review of the following speed management and control systems that relate to vehicle design: -- intelligent speed adaptation (ISA) where the system acquires information about local speed limits and encourages driver compliance -- top speed limiting where the vehjicle is unable to exceed relaistic top speeds for extended periods -- cruise control and top-speed limited cruise control -- speed alarms that are set by the driver -- on-board monitoring of vehicle speeds during entire journeys -- on-board monitoring of vehicle speed just prior to an incident such as a severe accident -- speedometer scales and ergonomics The inquiry will also examine and review the role of systems that rely on extensive external surveillance such as Safe-T-Cam or speed cameras.

The STAYSAFE Committee is to conduct an inquiry into the potential for motor vehicle technologies to influence or control driving speed in light vehicles, heavy vehicles, and motorcycles. The inquiry will review: * established, emerging and future vehicle-based technologies that influence driving speed; * the short term and long term possibilities for improved vehicle-based speed management and control; * road infrastructure, digital mapping, management monitoring systems and vehicle requirements associated with technologies for improved speed management and control; * the potential of the Australian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) and other road safety-based rating and assessment systems to influence the development and marketing of vehicle-based technologies which can influence driving speed; * incentives that may influence the decisions of purchasers of motor vehicles to buy motor vehicles which use technologies for improved speed management and control; * the social and economic benefits and costs to the community likely to be connected with the adoption of vehicle-based technologies for speed management and control; * the capacity for New South Wales (within the Australian federal system) to influence and effect change in national motor vehicle standards; * results of Australian and international trials of speed control systems; * and any otehr related matters. The inquiry will include review of the following speed management and control systems that relate to vehicle design: -- intelligent speed adaptation (ISA) where the system acquires information about local speed limits and encourages driver compliance -- top speed limiting where the vehjicle is unable to exceed relaistic top speeds for extended periods -- cruise control and top-speed limited cruise control -- speed alarms that are set by the driver -- on-board monitoring of vehicle speeds during entire journeys -- on-board monitoring of vehicle speed just prior to an incident such as a severe accident -- speedometer scales and ergonomics The inquiry will also examine and review the role of systems that rely on extensive external surveillance such as Safe-T-Cam or speed cameras.


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