tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post1670381042154381182..comments2023-11-06T17:59:14.655+02:00Comments on Eco R Geo: Με το e-call το αυτοκίνητο ίσως σώσει τη ζωή του οδηγού τουantixronoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321757470762094126noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-39222389947943872412014-02-11T07:35:00.943+02:002014-02-11T07:35:00.943+02:00MEPs vote on life-saving eCall system in all new c...MEPs vote on life-saving eCall system in all new cars...<br /><br /><br /><br />From 2015, all new cars sold in the EU should be able to dial emergency services when they are involved in a serious accident, under new rules to be voted on by the internal market committee on 11 February.<br /><br />How it will work: a damaged car will make a 112 emergency call (eCall) as soon as its sensors (e.g. airbag sensors) register a crash. It could also be activated manually by pushing a special button in a car. The system will automatically transmit data about location and time of a crash to the nearest emergency response centre.<br /><br />"The eCall system could save up to 2,500 lives a year and that is to me quite a decisive argument for the introduction of this public emergency call service across the EU," said Olga Sehnalová, a Czech member of the S&D group who is responsible for steering the proposal through Parliament together with Philippe De Backer. <br /><br />Member states will have to upgrade their infrastructure so that eCalls are efficiently passed on to emergency services.<br /><br />Currently, only 0.7% of all passenger vehicles in the EU are equipped with automatic emergency call systems. The eCall device is estimated to cost less than €100 per new car to install.<br /><br />The plenary vote is scheduled for 26 February.<br />http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20120615STO46957/html/MEPs-vote-on-life-saving-eCall-system-in-all-new-cars<br />10/2/14Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com