Have your say – test procedures for eCall
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Vehicle safety – test procedures for eCall (update)
About this initiative: All new types of passenger cars and vans are equipped with eCall. This is a system that automatically dials the European emergency number 112 in the event of a serious road accident, helping to save lives.
This initiative adapts the technical requirements and test procedures for the approval of eCall systems to ensure that they will continue to operate after the 2G/3G communication networks are switched off in the coming years.
Feedback period: for stage 4 it is 28 March 2025 – 25 April 2025
Feedback from Europeans for Safe Connections
We “Europeans for Safe Connections” suggest to add more changes to this amending regulation:
1) For personal vehicles / private cars, this system must be voluntary and the manufacturer must offer a variant of the vehicle without installed wireless technologies. However, if the user opts for such an additional feature, the option should be provided for an additional shutdown / disassembly to cancel the exposure.
2) For all vehicles (private, public, trucks…), the driver and the passengers must be informed about the radiation.
3) The eCall system (IDS) must be located so that it is as far as possible from the interior of the vehicle to irradiate less. Maybe move the exposure out of the vehicle always via external antennas.
The reason why Europeans for Safe Connection proposes the above addition is, that some people are more vulnerable to EMFs then average. These people may become ill due to an overdose of EMFs, even when the exposure is below the legally accepted limits. EMFs may also have an impact on the brain function, which may have an influence on driving skills. One of the effects mentioned by EHS people is brain fog. We see various scientific reports that show an impact of EMFs on the human brain and blood circulation. As safe traffic is dependant on the health of each driver, the impact of EMFs on EMF sensitive people/drivers must also be taken into consideration with the rules.
Although there are multiple studies on impact of EMFs on the brain and blood circulation, we mention two recent reports: Johan van der Meer et all; Effects of mobile phone electromagnetic fields on brainwaves in healthy volunteers. Brown and Biebrich; Hypothesis: ultrasonography can document dynamic in vivo rouleaux formation due to mobile phone exposure.
Best regards
Europeans for Safe Connections
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– No use of harmful radiation
– Less electricity consumption
– Increased data security
Link to our feedback: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14430-Vehicle-safety-test-procedures-for-eCall-update-/F3533858_en
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