Motor vehicle
 Motor vehicle  (transport)   | |
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| Interest of | Geoff Cygnus |
A motor vehicle, also known as motorized vehicle or automotive vehicle, is a self-propelled land vehicle, commonly wheeled, that does not operate on rails (such as trains or trams) and is used for the transportation of people or cargo.
Mandatory Speed Limiters And Data Recorders
By 2024, new cars in the European Union will have installed mandatory equipment designed to monitor driving data and limit speed. New cars will have to come equipped with an Event Data Recorder (EDR) as standard,using the same technology as the black boxes found in aircraft (presumably minus the voice recording feature). It keeps track of driving data such as speed, location, and even the amount of brake force applied. Officially, this data is recorded only in the event of an accident. Furthermore, the data recorded will remain anonymous, and will only be used to improve infrastructure and the vehicles themselves.[1]
All cars will also have to be fitted with ISA, or Intelligent Speed Assist. Similar to how traditional adaptive cruise control works, the ISA system knows the speed limit of certain areas, and will give an audible and visual alert to the driver warning them that they are exceeding the speed limit. The ISA can be disabled, but is designed to automatically reactivate on every startup.[1]
Related Quotations
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| Elon Musk | “In the distant future, people may outlaw driving cars because it's too dangerous. You can't have a person driving a two-ton death machine” | Elon Musk | 2015 |
| Michael Oppenheimer | “The only hope for the world is to make sure there is not another United States. We can’t let other countries have the same number of cars, the amount of industrialisation we have in the U.S. We have to stop these Third World countries right where they are.” | Michael Oppenheimer |
