Cars in Europe to feature mandatory speed-limiters from 2022

The system will use GPS and street sign detection to ensure drivers maintain the speed limit at all times.

New cars in Europe could soon come with speed limiters. According to a report, mandatory speed limiters will be introduced in all cars sold from 2022.

Reports suggest that car brands will use different types of technologies ranging from GPS to street sign detection to ensure that the vehicles are under the speed limit.

Cars in Europe are said to feature a system called Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA). As mentioned before, this system will use GPS and street sign detection to ensure drivers maintain the speed limit at all times. If the system detects the car is exceeding the speed limit, it sends out visual and audible warnings to the driver.

As per EU regulations, ISA does not forcefully restrict vehicle power or prevent a driver from driving above speed limits. The regulation is said to clearly state that the driver is in full control of the car, with the ISA only being an assist system.

The system, however, can be over-ridden by the driver, by either pressing down harder on the accelerator pedal or by disabling the system entirely.

India also mandated the speed-warning feature across all new cars sold a couple of years back. However, the feature only offers audible warnings when the car exceeds a certain speed and unlike the system in Europe, cannot be disabled or over-ridden in any way.

Source: Jalopnik