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EU: Mandatory Speed Limiters Likely to be Required in All New Cars

posted by chromas on Thursday March 28 2019, @04:00PM   
from the two-minutes-hate dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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

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• Re:Don't forget the Mandatory Black Box Re:Don't forget the Mandatory Black Box (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 29 2019, @02:30AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 29 2019, @02:30AM (#821639)

  Vehicle Speed Odds of Pedestrian Death

  Pedestrians who keep themselves away from being in the line of impact with a vehicle have a 100% survival rating.

  Keep the pedestrians out from in front of the moving hunks of metal, and pedestrian deaths will plummet.

  I've seen too many pedestrians simply walk out in front of moving traffic, oblivious as to how close a moving hunk of metal may be, simply because they think the laws of physics do not apply to them.

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• Re:Don't forget the Mandatory Black Box (Score: 3, Informative) by Immerman on Friday March 29 2019, @02:37PM

  by Immerman (3985) on Friday March 29 2019, @02:37PM (#821810)

  And I've seen too many in accidents that have taken them on to the sidewalk, or into somebody's living room.

  Also, pedestrians always have the right of way - even the stupid Darwin-award candidates that step out from behind a van directly into the path of your car. If it was likely physically impossible for someone obeying the speed limit to stop in time, you'll likely not face punishment. But if you hit them because you were distracted, or doing 35mph in a 25mph zone to double your braking distance, and likely killing someone instead of just breaking them up badly, then that's totally on you. Speed limits aren't just so you can keep your car under control, they're also so that everyone in the area knows how fast to expect traffic to be going.

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