Driver assistance systems in the car: Many helpers are now mandatory

2022-07-10T10:18:42.575Z

Driver assistance systems in cars: These helpers are now mandatory Created: 07/07/2022, 09:01 By: Sebastian Oppenheimer Even if they are sometimes annoying – driver assistance systems generally increase safety when driving. From now on, some innovations are mandatory. Munich – Around the year 1970, there were more than 20,000 traffic fatalities in Germany every year. Since this peak, the numbe

Driver assistance systems in cars: These helpers are now mandatory

Created: 07/07/2022, 09:01

By: Sebastian Oppenheimer

Even if they are sometimes annoying – driver assistance systems generally increase safety when driving.

From now on, some innovations are mandatory.

Munich – Around the year 1970, there were more than 20,000 traffic fatalities in Germany every year.

Since this peak, the number has been falling almost continuously: for many years now, it has been less than 4,000 per year.

First and foremost, the decline has to do with drastic changes in traffic regulations - such as an ever-decreasing alcohol limit, but also, for example, the introduction of seat belts.

There are now many speed limits on motorways - but no general speed limit, which is demanded by the majority of Germans.

In recent years, however, there have also been many driver assistance systems that have made cars safer.

Many of these have been mandatory since July 2022.

From July 6, 2022, numerous assistance systems will be mandatory for the type approval of newly developed vehicles (symbolic image).

Driver assistance systems in cars: These helpers are now mandatory

Emergency brake assistant, reversing assistant and tire pressure monitoring - all of these systems are well known to most drivers and are already standard in many vehicles.

But with the deadline of July 6, 2022, they will now be mandatory.

Initially, however, the regulation only applies to the type approval of newly developed vehicles - but from 2024 every new car must be equipped with it.

The German Road Safety Council DVR has published a list of all assistance systems that are now mandatory for cars and vans:

Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA)
emergency brake light
reversing assistant
Advanced Emergency Brake Assist (AEBS)
Emergency Lane Keeping Assist (ELKS)
Drowsiness Alert (DDAW)
Device for alcohol interlock
Accident Data Recorder (EDR)
Cyber Attack Protection
tire pressure monitoring
Driver availability monitoring for automated driving functions

Driver assistance systems in cars: Technology should prevent or mitigate accidents

Most of the systems listed serve to prevent accidents or are intended to help reduce the severity of accidents.

On the other hand, other technologies such as accident data storage can be useful in the aftermath of accidents.

Conversely, if the technology in the car is supposedly given too much leeway - such as with Tesla's controversial autopilot, then this can even call the Federal Motor Transport Authority into action.

Driver assistance systems in cars: not everything works perfectly yet

The turning assistant for trucks in particular has been in demand for a long time - because serious accidents occur again and again, especially when trucks are turning, because pedestrians or cyclists are overlooked.

Whether all assistance systems really work effectively is not always guaranteed: In the USA, for example, experts recently tested driver monitoring systems - with sobering results.

Among other things, the assistants from BMW and Tesla failed.

Source: merkur

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