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All we need to do is select a group of people, who represent a cross section of normal reasonable members of society, to have these thingys fitted and see how they get on.

I propose that every MP has one fitted for a 5 year trial.

Very funny!

They will be exempt on "security" grounds, of course.

Dr Carsten argued that regardless of whether ISA was eventually made mandatory it was important to be in a position to use ISA in some form or other.[177] He made a number of recommendations to this end. They were supported by several other witnesses.[178] In the long run Intelligent Speed Adaption offers the opportunity to put an end to ** illegal and inappropriate ** speed. The Government should strongly support this technology by:

- continuing to fund research, including the projected trials from 2002 to 2006;

- encouraging voluntary adoption by fleet managers and providing tax incentives to those who do;

- establishing a Europe-wide requirement that all new vehicles sold from 2013 should have an ISA capability; and

- fund the development of a digital road map to ensure that the information needed to make ISA successful is easily available.

Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS)

Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS) combine vehicle capabilities to improve mobility and active safety. GALILEO will provide important additional data to ADAS on the vehicle's environment. ADAS then warns the driver of imminent danger or takes full or partial control over the vehicle. *** For instance, the speed could be reduced by ADAS under bad visibility conditions if the car approaches a tight turn too fast. *** This function will be possible only with accurate position data of guaranteed integrity furnished by GALILEO and local elements. It is expected that half of the vehicles operating in Europe by 2020 will carry ADAS.

That's hardly representative, since the lane-limits are also used to slow traffic down if there is congestion ahead.
However, further searching:


http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/galileo/applications/road_en.htm

Still, if they only fit it to new cars, it'll do wonders for the 2nd-hand market!

If there's no compulsory retrofitting, the new car market would fall off a cliff.

Yes, I was very disappointed too. I used to look up to that institution but they seem to be increasingly "dumbing down" and toeing the government's line. I can only hope they've been misquoted...

How could they do all this advance trialling without one important bit of the system - the Gallileo satellites?

Any vehicle fitted with an ecu can be engine-speed-controlled...the braking is more difficult....but any modern abs system could, theoretically, be also commanded to brake remotely.

I suspect you'd need ESP for this ?

Most new Mondeo sized cars and above already have ESP/traction control/ABS as standard. It is available (on higher spec or option) on most Focus sized cars and there is no technical reason that it could not be standard on all cars. In five years time it probably will be standard on all new cars.