eCall Expert Meeting, 23 March 2006, Budapest, Hungary

eCall experts agree on priority actions

Budapest meeting defines main obstacles to eCall implementation

Meeting in Budapest on 23 March, eCall experts discussed a series of potential obstacles to full-scale roll out of the pan-European in-vehicle emergency call. Generated either manually by a vehicle occupant or automatically via activation of in-vehicle sensors, an eCall will establish voice contact with the nearest emergency centre (Public Service Answering Point) and automatically transmit a minimum set of data about the accident.

Participants discussed what should be included in this minimum set of data, comparing two proposals developed by ACEA and GST RESCUE. The issue of data protection was examined, and it was agreed that a meeting would be organised at a later stage to discuss the subject further once the data protection officers had finalised their recommendations.

Delegates also discussed the additional workload that eCall will create for the Public Service Answering Points (PSAPs), including the risk of generating false emergency calls. More statistics are however needed on similar systems currently on the market triggering alarm calls to service centres.

Finally, participants looked into the costs associated with implementing eCall. PSAPs will need to upgrade their emergency response services so that they can deal with so called E112 calls – emergency calls from mobile phones with location information. Additionally they will have to invest in language training for staff. The eCall Driving Group agreed to produce a template for estimating such costs.

The Driving Group will meet on 24 and 25 April to finalise the recommendations for eCall deployment, which will be presented at the eSafety Forum plenary meeting on 2 and 3 May.

For more information please visit the eCall toolbox http://www.esafetysupport.org/en/ecall_toolbox/

Agenda	.pdf (47 KB)
Presentations:
Juhani Jaaskelainen, European Commission: eCall: Car that can save your life	.ppt (1597 KB)
Emilio Davila-Gonzalez, European Commission: eCall: Commission actions	.ppt (2248 KB)
eCall PSAP's Meeting, 16 March 2006, Madrid, Spain: Main Conclusions	.ppt (261 KB)
Egil Bovim, KoKom: Norway and eCall, Where are we, and where do we go?	.ppt (179 KB)
Ferenc Pekár, European Commission: CARS 21 and eCall	.ppt (64 KB)
Antonín Kmoch, Telematix: Status of eCall project in the Czech Republic	.pdf (779 KB)
Michael Nielsen, eCall DG chair: eCall, Introducing the Pan-European emergency call-system	.ppt (1818 KB)
Rasmus Lindholm, eCall DG: Towards eCall implementation in Europe	.ppt (1686 KB)
Tjerk Terpstra, Ministry of the interior and Kingdom Relations - Netherlands	.ppt (277 KB)
eCall Clinic Conclusions	.ppt (89 KB)