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This report is the final document summarizing the inspection and testing protocols of the eVALUE project. It describes principles, inspection protocols and testing protocols for performance testing of ICT-based safety systems. The inspection protocols (published earlier in D2.2) and the testing protocols introduced in D3.1 are replaced by the ones in D3.2. The older versions are obsolete and should be disregarded. The inspection protocols cover the definition of the test vehicle, HMI aspects, environmental conditions, and functional safety. The inspection protocols are used to prepare for the physical tests as well as evaluating the performance of the vehicle. The testing protocols address longitudinal, lateral, and stability-oriented traffic scenarios. The longitudinal scenarios include a pedestrian crossing the road in front of the vehicle, or the situation where a driver approaches a stationary queue of cars. Involuntarily lane departures and cars in the blind spot during a lane change are situations covered by the lateral scenarios. Exiting a highway, avoiding an obstacle, and braking on a partially ice-covered road surface are examples of traffic scenarios related to stability.

This report sums up the activities performed during the complete duration of the project from January 2008 until December 2010. Following the motivation for testing and evaluation of active safety functions, the technical development within the project is described. This includes the derivation of relevant traffic scenarios, a collection of potential test approaches as well as the proposed testing protocols and a collection of experiences made during the application of the protocols. Besides the results of the project, open issues and weaknesses in connection with future research need are discussed herein. Furthermore, links to existing initiatives and projects in the same domain are described. An important part is also the documentation of a critical debate about the results of the project that was held during the final demonstration event. Representatives of all relevant stakeholders including the automotive industry, governing and legislative institutions as well as research and academia discussed and commented the achievements, thus giving important input for future research and other initiatives.

This report is the document summarising the testing experience and knowledge gained from the physical testing activities within the eVALUE project. The document contains brief introductions to the testing scenarios as well as short summaries of conclusions. Appended to this document are the testing reports that have been compiled during the different test sessions. Physical testing at test tracks all across Europe has been the main input in the development of scenarios and test procedures. This document describes the development tests that have been performed during 2010, based on a first draft set of testing protocols. The experience from the performed tests has been used as an important input to the revision of the testing protocols, i.e. the formal documents that describe how a test should be performed and evaluated. These protocols are documented in the separate Deliverable 3.2.