EU to use new emergency call system
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EU to use new emergency call system
EU to use new emergency call system - - By Bengt Halvorson - - Source: The Car Connection
As part of a new safety initiative, the European Union plans to require an automatic emergency call system, using GPS technology, in all new cars by 2009. The plan, called eCall and confirmed by a commission meeting in Brussels Thursday, would report your exact coordinates and any other information it can collect about the crash to a Public Service Answering Point (PSAP), which would report the information in a standardized way to the proper local emergency dispatch crews. The exact coordinates and standardized form will help reduce response times, and direct access to other information will help with EMT preparedness. No such system exists yet for the U.S. Automaker-implemented systems like GM's OnStar and Mercedes-Benz's TeleAid allow accidents to be reported, but the call or signal is first routed through an operator who then relays the information to the appropriate emergency operator. According to a release, studies have suggested that, once fully implemented, eCall could save up to 2000 lives per year in Europe. Implementation specifics are to be decided by the end of this year with field tests beginning next year.
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An updated version of On Star. I just hope that the US system will be the same. GM said it will have On Star in all of its cars by that time - maybe it will just borrow the system from their European models.
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Originally Posted by biker
An updated version of On Star. I just hope that the US system will be the same. GM said it will have On Star in all of its cars by that time - maybe it will just borrow the system from their European models.
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Originally Posted by gavriil
You mean European models borrowing from On Star?
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