New cars sold in EU from 2018 to feature automatic emergency call system

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EU-Wide Emergency Call System in Cars to Save Lives
EU-Wide Emergency Call System in Cars to Save Lives


All new cars sold across the EU from April 2018 are to be equipped with an automatic emergency call system in an effort to cut road fatalities.

The system, known as eCall, will be able to detect certain parameters that are linked to crashes, such as a dramatic change in the vehicle's speed, or the inflation of the vehicle's airbags.

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