What Does AHS
Traffic Accidents are Still Increasing - Why?
Number of Traffic Accident Fatalities Is Decreasing, But Number of Traffic Accidents Still Remains at High Levels

As vehicles and roads of infrastructure have its respective strengths and weaknesses, realizing uses a one, advanced ITS poses difficulties. If the strengths of both are capitalized upon and their weaknesses complemented, a wide range of AHS safety is possible. That is why Vehicle-Highway Cooperation is believed to be so critical and why we are working on R&D.



Reference: Prime Minister Koizumi's 2006 Policy Speech
More reducing traffic accidents, real-time countermeasures just before an accident occurs are effective through advances in IT technology.

 

 
 
The AHS divides each of the safety factors into three levels depending upon the level of system support: collection of information, vehicle operation and responsibility for safe driving.