Slovenia successfully tests emergency call system from cars

The system that makes emergency calls from car, eCall, has been successfully tested at an event in Slovenia. It is based on the European established 112 emergency number service. The European Parliament requires all new type of vehicle be equipped with eCall technology from April 2018. It is based on built-in sensors which are automatically triggered in the event of a collision or an accident and it is anticipated that the introduction of this system in the European Union will reduce the number of road transport fatalities by 2,500 per year. Read more

• Tuesday, 17 October 2017