EUROPE NOW REQUIRES ANTI-SPEEDING TECHNOLOGY ON NEW CARS

Mon 11 July 2022:

As part of an EU regulation that took effect last week, new cars in the European Union (EU) are now expected to be equipped with intelligent speed assistance, or ISA, anti-speeding equipment.

According to the rule, automakers must use one of the ISA tech options that will go into effect when a driver exceeds the speed limit, according to CNET.

The car can alert the driver with a visual warning followed by an acoustic or vibrating warning; the gas pedal can gently push back on the driver’s foot, or the car can automatically reduce speed.

According to the EU, the driver can override the latter two features by pressing the gas pedal a little harder.

“The objective is to protect Europeans against traffic accidents, poor air quality and climate change, empower them with new mobility solutions that match their changing needs, and defend the competitiveness of European industry,” the European Commission was quoted as saying.

Some vehicles already include warnings for speeding, but the driver must manually set them up. The EU regulation requires the tech to work automatically.

The nonprofit European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), which advocates for road safety measures in the EU, said it welcomes the new regulation but that the minimum standard of a beeping sound is annoying to drivers and inadequate for safety.

Additionally, according to ETSC, cars could gather inaccurate speed information if they are equipped with systems that determine speed limits only by using cameras to analyse signage and lack a digital map of speed limits.

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