All Cars Sold in Europe Will Have Black Boxes

There’s actually an orange color on airplanes to make it easier to find. black box available, this box records the entire journey. Now this type of system will come to vehicles that will be sold in Europe. As of July 2024, this system European Union It was stated that it will be mandatory for all cars to be sold in these countries. The system will be called Event Data Recorder (EDR).

What is EDR? What does it do?

With EDR system up to eight seats including cars with in the M1 category N1 class vehicles weighing less than 3500 kilograms, including vehicles, pickup trucks and vans EDR system will have. The 27 countries where the European Union regulation is valid are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia , Slovenia, Spain and Sweden will be.

EDR systemIt will be embedded in the vehicles’ airbag system and cannot be turned off optionally. EDR would be activated as soon as the airbag and seat belt sensors were triggered. In addition, when the hood of the vehicle is opened, its speed in horizontal or vertical direction is reduced in 0.15 seconds. increases by more than 8 kilometers per hour the system will be activated.

European Commission According to the documents shared by , black boxes will collect data on speed, braking, position, vehicle vibration and embedded security systems. When it detects an emergency, the vehicle eCall system will call for help. EDRIt will record vehicle data with high accuracy and in a way that the data is protected. The rights to this data will belong to the vehicle driver. Only in emergency cases will authorities have access to this data.