The functions to be tested covered two broad areas and promoted:

1. Safe driving
2. Economic and fuel efficient driving

More specifically, these were Speed information, Traffic information, Road weather information and 'Green driving' support. The impacts were assessed on levels ranging from usability, behaviour and incidents, safety, Green Driving and efficiency, to the impacts on the transport system. Attention was also given to possible negative impacts, as smartphones in particular, are not originally designed for vehicle use and navigators may have problems with the fixing and positioning in the cockpit. The project also aimed at speeding up the penetration of systems able to 'see' beyond drivers' field of vision in conditions where good situation awareness is needed. TeleFOT provided opportunities to test the impacts of similar functions that future cooperative systems will provide after their development challenges have been overcome in the coming years.

In fact, aftermarket and nomadic devices will provide an alternative to some important cooperative driving and ADAS functions for many years to come. The concept comprised of creating three European test communities: Northern, Central and Southern. About 3000 drivers participated in the tests and the project had strong national support and no resources were needed for setting up the testing infrastructures. Business models were also studied. It was necessary to have test communities spanning from North to South, as traffic behaviour and reactions to safety measures in Europe are very different.