**4. Applications**

Together with the evolution of vehicular networks numerous novel ITS applications have emerged. Typical examples of co-operative applications include remote diagnostics, collision avoidance, online navigation, map update, congestion avoidance for the driver, internet in the vehicle for passengers (e.g. gaming, downloading videos, reading the news etc.). These applications can be divided into three major categories, namely safety, efficiency and infotainment. In the following some indicative applications in each category are selected and will be described briefly.
