In the US a bill was passed requiring driver impairment equipment on all vehicles and automatic deactivation of the vehicle if the driver is determined to be impaired. Current impairment technology monitors head and eye movement and/or blood or breath.
> All cars in Europe must be connected to the internet at all times by law, to determine their location
The source you link very explicitly contradicts that:
> Your eCall system is only activated if your vehicle is involved in a serious accident. The rest of the time the system remains inactive. This means that when you are simply driving your vehicle, no tracking (registering your car's position or monitoring your driving) or transmission of data takes place.
I'll try to dig up the criteria someday, if they're written down, but I imagine that "anything that triggered airbag inflation" is a good approximation.
> All cars in Europe must be connected to the internet at all times by law, to determine their location, in case of an accident the law states.
It isn't connected to 'the internet' either, its an emergency call activation service. IE you can actuvate it to call 112 (Emergency services) when needed without a charge, infact it uses a SIM card to do so.
Infact on your link it doesn't mention 'online' or 'internet' anywhere/
In general, a lot of things in cars are for the law rather than the owner. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, just is what it is. Emissions is the biggest one.
https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/security-and-em...
In the US a bill was passed requiring driver impairment equipment on all vehicles and automatic deactivation of the vehicle if the driver is determined to be impaired. Current impairment technology monitors head and eye movement and/or blood or breath.
https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-402773429497