“General Safety Regulation” (GSR) of the European Union Comes into Play

Tag: EU, General Safety Regulation, GSR, Commercial Vehicles, Driving Safety, Safety Technology

      Starting July 6, 2022, EU regulations will come into force, which require car manufacturers to mandate a total of 30 safety features on newly certified models, including six ADAS features.

The latest General Safety Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 published by the European Union, in addition to requiring new vehicles to be mandatorily equipped with a variety of mandatory technologies from July 2022, also requires new vehicles registered for licensing from July 2024 to be equipped with some mandatory technologies, some of which will come into effect in 2026.

The new GSR requires the mandatory equipment of six ADAS features, driving area information alert system (MOIS), blind spot information alert system (BSIS), reverse information alert system (REIS), intelligent speed assistance system (ISA), driver fatigue warning system (DDAW), tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS).

Driving area information alert system (Moving Off Information System), that is, pedestrian and cyclist movement monitoring system, also called starting information system, its main role is when someone or cyclist, etc. out of the vehicle in front of the blind spot location, based on real-time object recognition of the movement information system will promptly send alerts to the driver, in order to protect vulnerable road traffic participants.

Blind Spot Information System (Blind Spot Information System), the blind spot on the side of the truck has always been a very dangerous area, especially when turning, the passenger side of the blind spot is often overlooked. The system is used to monitor and alert the driver to the risk of collision in the right side blind spot when the vehicle is turning. For example, when a bicycle or pedestrian approaches the side blind zone, the system warns the driver to improve road safety.

ISA Intelligent Speed Assistance is used to warn drivers when they are driving over the speed limit and instruct them to reduce their driving speed. In accordance with regulatory requirements, the Intelligent Speed Assistance system should provide a speed limit information function (SLIF), a speed limit warning function (SLWF), or an integrated speed control function (SCF, which reduces the vehicle's speed to within the speed limit) in the human-machine interface to the entire vehicle. This helps prevent traffic accidents, reduce speeding fines, and improve driving safety.

Reverse Information Indication System (REIS), Driver Fatigue Warning System (DDAW), and Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) are all relatively familiar systems, and are not over-explained here.

The regulation aims to enhance the protection of vehicle occupants, as well as vulnerable road traffic participants, including, for example, pedestrians and bicyclists outside the vehicle, to reduce traffic accidents and injuries.