Advanced Emergency Braking Systems in new cars from 2020

Some 40 Countries have agreed on a draft United Nations Regulation for Advanced Emergency Braking Systems (AEBS) for cars, announced that United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

The draft UN Regulation, adopted at UNECE, will lay down the technical requirements for the approval of “vehicle-to-vehicle” and “vehicle-to-pedestrian” AEBS fitted on cars. Such systems employ sensors to monitor the proximity of the vehicle or pedestrian in front and detect situations where the relative speed and distance between the two vehicles or between the vehicle and pedestrian suggest that a collision is imminent. In such a situation, if the driver does not react to the system’s warning alerts, emergency braking will be automatically applied to avoid the collision or at least to mitigate its effects.

The Regulation sets out test requirements for the deployment of AEBS at a range of different speeds, from 0-60 km/h. In addition to cars, the Regulation will be applicable to all light commercial vehicles (vans and minibuses with less than 9 passengers). With this Regulation in Force, most of existing systems will have to be updated to meet stricter requirements.

The European Union and Japan, who together led the development of the Regulation, have announced that AEBS systems would then become mandatory for all new cars and light commercial vehicles (from 2022 in the EU). This would mean that over 15 million new cars in the EU (sales figures for 2017) and over 4 million new cars in Japan (sales figures for 2018) would be equipped with the lifesaving AEBS technology every year.

The draft regulation was not approved by China, the U.S.A and India.

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