Re: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) will be mandatory for all vehicles by 2022 Quote:
Originally Posted by alpha1 Which all driver assistance will be mandatory as a part of this rule? |
As a part of mandatory requirement, it will mostly be Automatic Emergency Braking and not the other fancy features like Adaptive cruise control and lane departure warning.
AEB is now offered standard on many cars abroad and even on hatchbacks like the Baleno, Nissan Micra, etc. It does not need a whole bunch of sensors and so on and simply works with a Radar and ESP on board. For the ones who are very skeptical about this, this is not a system which will give you beeps and warnings all the time. It is quite non interventional until there is an apparent collision, like say you get too close to a car and show no signs of braking, or a car suddenly merges into your path and you get too close to it and so on.
This is a system most manufacturers can easily install for a decent cost compared to full fledged ADAS which is never a mandate until now in any country and is also expensive to implement in smaller cars.
That said, it is a welcome move by the Government. There is no doubt that infrastructure is lacking in most of the country. However, providing only infrastructure wont change the minds of majority of the drivers. Do you feel that by giving good roads, proper lane markings, the driving habits will become safe? I can bet not. While infrastructure should be given focus in parallel, it is not an alternative to this move. AEB can prevent a drunk driver from ramming into a vehicle ahead, and can save your kid from being run over by a rash driver. Road infrastructure cant solve this issue of bad driving.
The next big thing I dream of is enforcement, which is more of a dream since the problem needs to be tackled at a broad level, instead of things like this, where you only have to hold the neck of a few manufacturers. Quote:
Originally Posted by M35 We shall all apply brakes Sir; please ensure that those are all in order and functional- the safety features and equipments that the cars fitted with. |
Not everyone shall apply brakes like you sir ![Smile](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.png) Hence is this move. If so I guess this rule will apply for every single vehicle sold in the country. |