Eight security systems mandatory in all cars from 2022

The DGT has given details on eight safety systems that must come as standard in approved car models from March 2022. Through new technologies, already available in some new models, it is intended to improve safety at the wheel, thus reducing road accidents and mortality.

Some of the systems seem like science fiction, but they are already a reality and, shortly, we will all have them ensuring that we maintain safe driving at all times.

Increased road safety is always good news and any help to prevent a distraction from leading to an accident is welcome.

According to a study prepared by the European Parliament, the progressive implementation of these Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS), which is the technical name given to these systems, will prevent more than 140,000 serious injuries and up to 25,000 deaths on the road during the next 18 years.

The obligation, imposed on brands, to incorporate these systems in new cars is part of the "Vision Zero" Program of the European Union, with which it is intended to reduce road mortality to the ambitious figure of zero deaths in 2050.

The eight ADAS that will be mandatory are the following:

This innovative system has a camera that allows the vehicle to recognize traffic signs and a database linked to the GPS with the speed limits of streets and highways throughout Europe.

Through these devices, the ISA System will help to always keep the speed of the vehicle within the limits marked on each stretch of road or street in any city.

The system will know at all times what the applicable speed limit is and will warn the driver not to exceed it.

In addition, this system will have the ability to reduce the speed of the vehicle, acting on the power of the engine, when the speed limit is exceeded at a certain point.

We already talked extensively about this first system in an article from June, which you can read HERE.

This system is activated when reversing or when activated by a button by the driver.

An intelligent camera will warn us, with images and sounds, about the presence of elements in blind spots, thanks to sensors in the rear and rear side areas.

This system will ensure that the driver is not affected by fatigue and sleep while driving. It is recommended that every 2 hours of driving or every 200 kilometers you make a short stop to stretch your legs and clear your head. If these stops are not made, the driver will notice the effects of fatigue, reducing his reflexes and increasing the probability that drowsiness will affect him.

This system reminds you every two hours of driving the need to stop briefly to rest by means of a light signal on the instrument panel.

In addition, this being the most innovative of this system, it can detect signs of fatigue by analyzing the driver's reactions to the steering wheel, controlling the blinking and the position of the head and, if detected, activates an immediate stop warning.

This system will activate the brake lights intermittently in the event of a sudden stop. In this way, drivers behind the vehicle will be able to act accordingly and more quickly.

This system recognizes the lines painted on the road that delimit the lanes. In case of detecting that the car crosses a line, without the driver activating the intermittent, the system will warn the driver of the involuntary change of lane by means of a light signal, an acoustic signal and/or by means of vibration in the steering wheel or in the seat, the so-called haptic signals, which are perceived through touch.

This system, called alcolock, allows you to block the start of a vehicle if the driver exceeds the permitted level of alcohol in exhaled air. It has a small tube where the driver must blow every time he wants to start the vehicle. If you exceed the blood alcohol level, you will not be able to start.

In the same way as the black boxes on airplanes, this system will collect driving data such as speed, location or the activation of brakes or car systems, so that they can be analyzed in the event of an accident.< /p>

In the same way that now happens in many cars in the front seats, if this system detects that there are passengers in the rear seats of the vehicle, through weight sensors inside the seats, and detects that they have not put seat belts, the car will emit an acoustic signal reminding you of its obligation.