The EU Will Require Every New Car to Be Fitted with a Driver-Monitoring Camera
Translated by a model; the original is in Russian.
The European Union is introducing a requirement under which every new car sold within the EU must be fitted with a camera that monitors the driver's condition.
The system is designed to watch for signs of fatigue and distraction behind the wheel. The rule in question applies to all new car models going on sale.
The community's reaction
The news of the change drew a considerable response from the tech community: the post on Hacker News racked up 363 points and generated 467 comments, which speaks to the high level of interest in the topic and, most likely, to a mixed reception of the initiative among users.
Discussion of measures like this traditionally touches on questions of privacy, the volume of data being collected and exactly how it will be stored and used by carmakers.
The specifics of how the requirement will actually be implemented — including the technical characteristics of the monitoring systems and the dates on which it takes effect for different categories of vehicle — are not spelled out in the original source.
Source: Hacker News
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