ISO 17687:2007支持自动识别、监控和交换道路运输车辆上装载的危险品的应急响应信息。此类信息可能包括此类货物的标识、数量和当前状况（如压力和温度），以及任何相关的应急响应信息。如果配备了适当的电子设备和通信能力，运载危险品的车辆可能会对有关其状态的查询做出响应，或自行发出信息。 此处定义的信息，以电子方式载于道路运输车辆上，可通过适用于该路边系统的任何通信方式，传输至感兴趣的路边系统。 ISO 17687:2007的主要目的不是贸易、经济或商业，而是通过促进应急响应来帮助拯救生命。ISO 17687:2007以与传统视觉标牌相同的方式支持本地现场需求，但具有可选、补充、增强和更通用的电子版本。

ISO 17687:2007 supports the application of automated identification, monitoring and exchange of emergency response information regarding dangerous goods carried on board road transport vehicles. Such information may include the identification, quantity and current condition (such as pressure and temperature) of such goods, as well as any relevant emergency response information. When equipped with appropriate electronics and communications capabilities, vehicles carrying dangerous goods may respond to queries regarding their status or self-initiate a message. The information defined here, electronically carried on-board the road transport vehicle, may be transferred to interested roadside systems by whatever communications means are appropriate to that roadside system. The primary intent of ISO 17687:2007 is not trade, economic, or commercial, but to help save lives by facilitating emergency response. ISO 17687:2007 supports local on-site needs in the same manner as conventional visual placards do but with an optional, complementary, enhanced and more versatile electronic version.