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Tuesday, April 09, 2019

EU to Require Car Monitors, Limiters.

Beyond autonomous driving,  to autonomously tracking and limiting behavior for safety.

EU to Require Speed Limiters, Driver Monitors in New Cars From 2022

In CNet  By Jake Holmes

The European Commission (EC) has announced rules requiring new cars sold in Europe after May 2022 to come with new safety equipment, including speed limiters and systems to monitor drivers' attention levels. The speed limiters would use road-sign recognition or data from navigation maps to alert drivers of the current speed limit, and whether they are exceeding it. Also to become standard in new automobiles will be systems that determine whether a driver is distracted or drowsy, automatic emergency braking, lane-keep assist, backup cameras, and an enhanced event data recorder to store information from before collisions. The EC said these safety technologies should prevent about 25,000 deaths and 140,000 injuries on the roads between 2022 and 2038. The commission suggested intelligent speed limiters alone could reduce fatalities on European roads by 20%. .... " 

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