Brits are slow at adopting eSafety technologies
Posted by Susannah Mayers
British motorists are proving to be a lot slower than their European counterparts in adopting life-saving eSafety technologies.
This is according to RoadSafe, which conducted a survey of drivers living in ten different European countries.
These technologies include electronic stability control (ESC), blind spot monitoring, lane support systems, speed alert, warning and emergency braking systems and adaptive car lights.
RoadSafe's survey found that knowledge of these eSafety systems has increased by ten per cent over the past two years.
However, the road safety charity is worried that the technology is not more widely accepted.
"Europe's car buyers are still not purchasing eSafety systems in sufficient numbers. Thousands more lives could be saved and injuries avoided if these systems were more widely used," said Adrian Walsh, director of RoadSafe.
Last month, Thatcham developed a series of autonomous emergency braking systems that it predicts could prevent thousands of injuries each year.
Here in the States most new cars come with ESC now; its pretty standard. Features like blind spot warning, lane support system etc are options on most cars and it comes out of the customers pocket which may explain why some don’t want to pay for it. Some drivers value safety more than others.