Intelligent Speed Assitance (ISA) systems became a legal requirement for motors across the EU as a law passed two years ago came into effect on July 7.
ISAs make use of AI, GPS data and even onboard cameras to assess your speed in real time as you drive along.
The system will then intervene if you go above the limit it has worked out for the road you are on.
For example, the system can assess things like road markings to determine whether you are in a 20mph or 30mph zone.
with each offering different levels of intervention.
First of all, informative ISAs only result in a warning message and sound to alert the driver that they are breaking the limit.
One level up from that is the supportive ISA, which works by increasing the upward force on the accelerator pedal to try and make it harder for drivers to speed up.
Finally, intervening ISAs are the most active, with the system actually slowing the vehicle down, whether the driver wants it to or not, until it goes back under the limit.
@ISIDEWITH9mos9MO
In a future where all cars control their own speed, do you believe driving will become a less personal experience?
@9QZGVST9mos9MO
It very well may become a less personal experience. And there's nothing wrong with that. It might be sad for driving enthusiasts, but the joy of driving is not a necessity, especially if the goal of this is to save lives and save money.
@ISIDEWITH9mos9MO
How would you feel about a car automatically deciding your speed for you?
@9QZGVST9mos9MO
Without knowing more than just the information provided in this headline, I think I would come to accept this reality fairly quickly. As long as local authorities update changes in speed limits to the database on an hourly basis, people will get used to this and it will not be an issue for more than a generation.
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