Will the EU soon control how fast you can drive via satellite? British media are at least reporting on plans to automatically throttle cars from 2030. The EU Commission clearly contradicts this. The backgrounds.
There are currently media reports circulating that claim that the EU is considering a new regulation for vehicles. From 2030, new cars will be louder Daily Mail and The Telegraph be equipped with a special device that connects to satellites to determine the location of a car.
It will be supplemented by an analysis of 5G signals to check the location on a digital map as well as cameras on the vehicle that record traffic signs.
If a vehicle exceeds a certain speed limit and is traveling at around 85 kilometers per hour in a 50 zone, the system should be able to automatically reduce the speed.
Will the EU soon slow down the speed of cars via satellite?
During the automatic speed limit, it should still be possible to briefly oversteer to react to dangers and overtake. Loud serves as a role model Daily Mail the technology of e-scooters from the provider Lime, which are already throttled using GPS in restricted zones.
The British reports assume that the EU wants to further develop the Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA), which is already mandatory. In the future, the system should not only warn acoustically and visually, but also reduce the speed completely.
After the first reports were published, the project met with criticism, for example from the Alliance of British Drivers. In Germany, among other things, the specialist magazine took part Auto Motor Sport the topic.
This is what the EU says about automatic speed limits
When asked, the European Commission rejected the reports. A spokeswoman told the magazine that the relevant information was not correct.
“The Commission is not examining future versions of Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) with a mandatory vehicle speed limit,” said the EU spokeswoman.
There are also no concrete facts in the original British reports. So quoted The Telegraph including a commission spokesman. However, he has already indicated that such discussions are purely exploratory.
ISA instead of satellites: No pressure from the EU to speed up
Publicly accessible documents contain an assessment of speed and accident risks. However, there is currently no proposal for a mandatory satellite-based speed limit.
This means that satellites will not be used to limit the speed of vehicles for the time being. Since July 2024, ISA has been mandatory for all newly registered cars and light commercial vehicles in the EU.
Intelligent Speed Assistance recognizes speed limits using a combination of cameras for traffic sign recognition and digital map data and warns drivers visually or acoustically if they are exceeded.
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