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Telematics on Vehicles * WORLDWIDE
* UK - Telematics Could Set Insurance Rates Based on Driver Performance
London,UK -Telematics Update -March 25, 2010: -- Insurance premiums currently based on group models. Include age, gender, credit score and driving record. Telematics can monitor and report actual driving behavior. Could serve as basis of 'pay-how-you-drive' car insurance model... Insurance telematics transmits real-time driving data to insurers. More accurate picture of driving behavior used to set fairer rates... Law-abiding, fuel-conscious drivers would be rewarded w/ low premiums... Hard-braking, fast-accelerating maniacs would get stuck w/ higher ones... New services could be offered to insurance customers. Same devices offer real-time navigation, vehicle diagnostics, and in-car entertainment... In 2010 there have been exciting developments—in South America, with Brazils GDP and its automotive sector continuing to blossom in spite of the global recession; in Asia, where the governor of Singapore is pushing for a GNSS-based road pricing system; in Europe, where the European Commission is finally moving with eCall; and in America, where states like California are championing pay-as-you-drive regulations as a means to reduce emissions...* USA - NHTSA Rushing to Catch Up With Industry. Regulations may emerge that include black boxes and collect data from crashes
Washington,DC,USA -Bloomberg - March 26, 2010: -- US vehicle recalls related to electronic systems have tripled. Investigations quadrupled in past 30 years; surge in use of computers to control functions... Recalls related to electronics averaged 34 per year this decade, up from 11 annually in 1980s. Defect investigations rose to 12 per year from 3 in that period... NHTSA complaints about electronics rose 50% from mid-1990s to 3,798 annually this decade. Complaints involve automakers throughout the industry... First industrywide microprocessor modules were engine control units required in 1981... National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has failed to keep pace w/ technology. NHTSA has 2 engineers out of 125 who specialize in electronics... Agency lacks regulations for auto electronics. Rules governing accelerators written in 1973; last updated in 1995... David Champion, director of testing, Consumer Reports, says "The proliferation of features in cars has really passed NHTSA by and caught them somewhat unprepared"...
* USA - Compute Your Way Through Traffic
Seattle,WASH,USA -Forbes, by Jon Bruner -1 April 2010: -- Inrix navigation software gets its predictions about traffic congestion down to a science... Inrix's service is becoming a selling point for navigation device makers looking to stand out in an increasingly commoditized market. As more drivers get directions from GPS-enabled cellphones rather than specialized devices, services and data will take on new importance... Standalone GPS units can also receive Inrix data provided they have some kind of cellular or radio link... Inrix's primary customers are other businesses rather than consumers directly, though it released an iPhone app (followed by a similar one for Android) in 2009 that gives consumers direct access to real-time traffic data and advanced routing that takes traffic into account... Inrix sells its data to more than 90 companies including MapQuest, Clear Channel Communications and Ford, which forwards its data to SYNC-equipped vehicles... Inrix follows traffic activity on 1.3 million miles of road in 16 North American and European countries. Traditional methods can only cover 10,000 miles. The difference is that Inrix has nearly 2 million sources of information, including every taxi cab in New York City as well as trucks and commercial vehicles across the country. Computers in these vehicles send speedometer readings and location information wirelessly to Inrix, which collects as many as a million data points every minute. Inrix also receives data from 400 public and private sources, like transportation departments' traffic sensors... (In Pictures: Navigating Your Way Though Traffic) Labels: electronic recorder on board, telematics
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