Our roots go back a century to the early days of the automobile, when motoring enthusiasts would gather together to urge governments to build better roads, install proper signs, and establish reasonable speed limits.

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We have already invested a lot in in-car intelligent systems and we are now moving to the next step, which is the relationship between the car and the road and traffic signs.

Before the advent of the automobile, our waterways were the highways of choice for travellers and their cargo and lighthouses were their road signs.

For this to happen, targeted measures must be put in place aimed at the following: civic education in schools and driving schools, using new teaching methods, to foster civic awareness among the citizens; monitoring both drivers and the state of their vehicles, which should take the form of prevention and education rather than simply raising revenue through fines; the quality of roads and appropriate, clear signposting; and addressing the issue of car traffic, which has increased dramatically at the expense of public transport. Hence the importance of integrating this issue into a strategy for the transport sector that properly promot ...[+++]es the use of public transport.

Errors also occur when passenger vehicle drivers follow too closely, drive in the truck's no-zone, misjudge the distance needed to pass, fail to yield the right-of-way, fail to obey traffic devices, drive too fast, change lanes too quickly, and drive while inattentive or in an erratic, reckless manner.