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Autonomous driving: New rules for driver assistance systems come into force
With the regulation on the general safety of vehicles, driver assistance systems will be introduced from July 6th, 2022, which are intended to make road traffic safer. This creates the legal framework for the approval of automated and fully driverless vehicles in the EU. Based on the regulation, the Commission will present technical regulations for the approval of driverless vehicles this summer. In this way, the EU can play a pioneering role in driverless driving. In the coming year, the regulations on the technical inspection of vehicles will also be revised. The Commission is asking for feedback on this in a consultation.
The aim of the regulation that came into force today is to better protect vehicle occupants, pedestrians and cyclists. Projections show that by 2038 more than 25,000 lives can be saved and at least 140,000 serious injuries avoided.
Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager said: “Technology helps us increase the safety level of our cars. Today we are making sure that our regulations allow us to introduce autonomous and driverless vehicles in the EU in a framework that puts people's safety at its core.”
General safety regulations
From 07/06/2022 the new measures introducing safety functions to support the driver include the following aspects:
for all road vehicles (i.e. cars, light commercial vehicles, trucks and buses): intelligent speed assistant, reversing assistant with camera or sensors,
warning system for driver drowsiness and dwindling attention, event data storage and emergency brake light;
for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles: additional functions such as lane keeping systems and automatic braking systems;
for buses and trucks: technologies to better detect possible blind spots, warnings to avoid collisions with pedestrians or cyclists and tire pressure monitoring systems.
The regulations initially apply to new vehicle types, and then to all new vehicles from July 7, 2024. Some of the new measures will be extended to different types of road vehicles by 2029.
Technical regulations for automated vehicles
Based on the General Safety Regulation, the Commission plans to issue technical regulations for automated and connected vehicles this summer, with a focus on automated vehicles replacing the driver on highways (automation level 3) and fully driverless vehicles such as urban ones shuttle buses or robot taxis (automation level 4). The new rules align EU legislation with the new UN Level 3 Automation Regulations and adopt new EU technical legislation for fully driverless vehicles, the first international regulations of its kind. The technical rules, established through a delegated act and an implementing act, will require a comprehensive safety and maturity assessment of fully automated vehicles before they are placed on the EU market. They will include testing procedures, cybersecurity requirements, data recording regulations, safety performance monitoring and incident reporting requirements for fully driverless vehicle manufacturers.
Public Consultation
In a public consultation, the Commission is asking for help in revising the rules on roadworthiness tests for vehicles. The regulations will be revised in mid-2023. On the one hand, the focus is on road safety, but also on maintaining the environmental compatibility of a vehicle throughout its entire service life. Interest groups, NGOs and companies are invited to participate. The results of the public consultation will feed into the revision of EU roadworthiness testing rules.
Consultation on the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation
In a further consultation, the European Commission invites all stakeholders to comment on its draft proposals on the future of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (“Automobile Block Exemption Regulation”). Specifically, it is about the draft of a regulation to extend the validity of the existing motor vehicle BER by five years and the draft of a communication with targeted updates of the supplementary guidelines. Comments can be submitted via a public consultation and a sounding out.
Executive Vice-President Vestager said the proposed extension of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation aims to maintain a rule to make it easier for car companies to assess whether their agreements comply with EU competition rules. “We also propose targeted updates to our guidance to address the issue of vehicle-generated data providing essential input for repair and maintenance services. Stakeholders are invited to submit their comments, which will help us to further refine the regulations, which are due to come into force on 1 June 2023.”
The draft proposals follow a review launched in December 2018 in view of the expiry of the MVBER on 31 May 2023. The purpose of the review was to determine to what extent the rules applicable to vertical agreements in the automotive sector are fit for purpose. Stakeholders are invited to comment on the draft rules by September 30, 2022.
More information on the consultation, proposed changes and next steps here.
Source: EU Commission, Representation in Germany, press release of July 6, 2022
LINK to the press release )
https://germany.representation.ec.e...rassistenzsysteme-tretten-kraft-2022-07-06_de"
https://flotte.de/artikel/112/19065...r-fahrerassistenzsysteme-treten-in-kraft.html
I will look for more specific information, but I need time for that. This info suggests that these EU wide regulations are still in the making and will be finalized next year. Fatigue recognition seems to be set and I think that facial recognition as a key could follow probably optional but surely like with phones and fingerprint scanners it will quickly become standard. My speculation is that none of the politicians want their face to be recognized and stored on a (private) server and database, data protection laws. As I said, I will provide all this in time from the EU Commission page. However, I have to assume that the car OEMs with their legal departments have already done this for a long time.
