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The EU is moving forward with legislation to require ISA, Intelligent Speed Assistance, in all new cars starting in 2022. This system will use GPS, map databases, and speed limit reading cameras to limit speed. Speed limiting will be accomplished by limiting engine power. Drivers can temporarily override the system by pressing down hard on the accelerator. It seems that, at least to start, the system will have an off button. Other requirements of the legislation include a system to monitor the driver for drowsiness, and inattention, as well as standard hookups for in car breathalysers. It seems the driver monitoring systems may include in car cameras pointed at the driver.
Sources:
thisismoney.co.uk
fortune.com
euractiv.com
theengineer.co.uk
gizmodo.com
Previously on Soylent: Volvo: In-Car Cameras Will Monitor Drivers and Take Action to Prevent Distracted or Impaired Driving
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Immerman on Thursday March 28 2019, @06:44PM (3 children)
I am not, I'll have to look in to how they handle things. Horsepower limits are perhaps a better strategy to reduce reckless driving, though mass limits would be better to reduce consequences - after all, if you're keeping pace with traffic then the damage you'll do in a collision is based pretty much entirely on the mass of your vehicle.
With motorcycles both make even more sense - the vehicle is far more dynamically than a car, and relies on your own mass for a large percentage of the steering. A bigger and/or more powerful machine will almost certainly be more difficult to control under virtually all conditions. That's not really the case with cars (until you get pretty extreme at least).
(Score: 3, Interesting) by mhajicek on Thursday March 28 2019, @10:06PM (1 child)
I agree with the mass thing. I've been thinking that fines for speeding and recless driving should be proportional to the mass of your vehicle.
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(Score: 2) by Immerman on Friday March 29 2019, @02:44PM
That seems like an excellent idea.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday March 28 2019, @11:46PM
Limits on horsepower or mass are strictly un-'Murican! will never pass any legislature. The only effective horsepower tax is the cost of fuel, and the direct tax on vehicle mass in the passenger vehicle classes is so small as to be a joke.
It does make sense for learners: 5hp limit through age 14, then triple every age bracket/period with > 100 hours of driving experience and without significant accident (15hp @ 15, 45hp @ 16, 135hp @ 17, 405hp @ 20, and unlimited @ 25).
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