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Mercedes-Benz to accept liability for accidents when Automated Driving System engaged

The Mercedes-Benz 'Drive Pilot' system will enable drivers to remove their hands from the wheel and let the car take control
PRESS RELEASE - 24 MARCH 2022

Mercedes-Benz has announced that it will accept legal responsibility for collisions that occur in cars fitted with an ‘L3’ Automated Lane Keeping System, when directly caused by a fault with its technology but not when the driver has "failed to comply with their duty of care". 

Mira Announce General Safety Regulation 2 (GSR2)

Image by Bilderandi from Pixabay

GSR2 is an umbrella term for a group of regulations, split into the following categories:

  • Restraint systems, crash testing, fuel system integrity, HV electrical safety
  • Vulnerable road users, vision and visibility
  • Vehicle chassis, braking, tyres and steering

Moshon Data boss calls on UK government to commit to best practice in vehicle and road safety

Published by Rhys Taylor-Brown

Having left the European Union, the UK no longer signs up automatically to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Regulations on vehicle safety. With the introduction of a new set of global safety regulations to come in July 2022, Steve Boyle the managing director of Moshon Data, joins a number of voices from industry urging government to commit to the new standards for a multitude of reasons.

Quality control for production facilities and type approval

While many businesses are at the forefront of AEB test and development, little is said about the operability of working, fully developed ADAS functionality on cars as they roll off the production line. This is an area that Moshon Data feels urgently needs addressing and is often overlooked.

Road Safe Technology for Safer Systems webinar

  • Steve Boyle, a supporter of Road Safe Technology for the Safer Systems, joins Think Tank.
  • Professor Nick Reed to run a series of webinars and supported by Bosch, the remainder of the six-part series will run throughout the autumn of 2022. 

Thatcham Research reveals the UK’s safest new cars of 2021

 

Safety Award 2021 for active and passive vehicle safety.

  • Year’s best performers across tough Euro NCAP and Thatcham Research testing revealed
  • Expert panel focuses on affordable cars that will deliver biggest benefits to road safety
  • Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Hybrids continue to impress ahead of 2030 ban on new ICE vehicles

Why fleet and driver safety shouldn’t be a lottery

Author: Simon Turner, Campaign Manager for the Driving for Better Business programme

Do you play the National Lottery? Millions do and, every week, they buy a ticket in the hope of winning the jackpot. Yet the odds of doing that are a vanishingly small 1 in 45 million! And still millions of people think it might be them.