Publications

COST Action E30 is one of the largest COST Actions thus far under the domain on forests and forestry products. COST Action E30 has 21 participating countries. The main objective of COST Action E30 is to gain better understanding of the problems and possible solutions to forest-based entrepreneurship in small-scale forestry, wood processing, and non-wood forest products and services aiming at improved employment and income in rural areas.

The aim of COST Action 352 was to investigaete the influence of IVIS on road safety in general and to estimate the need to eliminate any risk of dangerous driver distraction. The results of the research undertaken, both under simulated driving conditions and in real traffic, led to the establishment of several important facts found in the present report. Due to the variety of aspects under research in each Work Package, each subject is discussed in separate dedicated chapters which also provide their specific conclusions and results. These facts and their respective scientific explanations are intended to allow manufacturers as well as the concerned legal uathorities to elaborate means of making IVIS both user-friendly and safe.

Icton 2006