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EU Directive Forces Carmakers To Equip Cars With Brake Assist Systems By 2011

Automakers will be forced to equip their cars and utility vehicles with brake assist systems as of February 2011 if they want to sell their cars in the European Union, according to a directive improving pedestrian protection.
EU Directive Forces Carmakers To Equip Cars With Brake Assist Systems By 2011
03 feb. 2010, 07:30, English

The directive was approved at the end of 2009 and states that all new cars and light utility vehicles in the EU must be equipped with brake assist systems by the beginning of 2011.

Brake assist systems are systems designed to sense an emergency braking situation and assist the driver in achieving the maximum achievable deceleration in the prevailing conditions and have been shown to have significant benefits in terms of pedestrian protection.

Romanian carmaker Automobile Dacia, the local unit of France’s Renault, can implement this system in its car assembly plant, Dacia vice-president Constantin Stroe told MEDIAFAX Tuesday.

„It doesn’t cost very much to put brake assist systems on cars,” said Stroe, adding most cars on the Romanian market don’t have such systems.