Today's United Nations road safety resolution sets a huge moral challenge for the auto industry. #nozerostarcars Stop the Crash
Posted by Global NCAP on Saturday, 16 April 2016
During the recent United Nations General Assembly on April 15, 2016, the principal organ of the United Nations announced that it will adopt a resolution to cement its commitment to improving global road safety made by UN member states.
The new resolution is in line with the targets set by the Global Goals for Sustainable Development and also the Global Plan of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020), by providing an integrated and holistic framework for road injury prevention.
Operative clause number nine (OP 9.) from the resolution states:
Invites Member States that have not already done so to consider adopting policies and measures to implement United Nations vehicle safety regulations or equivalent national standards to ensure that all new motor vehicles, meet applicable minimum regulations for occupant and other road users protection, with seat belts, air bags and active safety systems fitted as standard;
Built upon the ‘Brasilia Declaration’ passed by the second Global High Level Conference on Road Safety held in November 2015, the resolution endorses the standard fitment of active safety systems which are integral in the Stop the Crash Partnership. These systems are aimed at preventing a crash from happening at all rather than protecting people during a crash.
Three main active safety systems are focal points here – electronic stability control (ESC), autonomous emergency braking (AEB) and anti-lock braking system (ABS) for motorcycles. The ‘Stop the Crash Partnership’ is led by Global NCAP, and includes the ADAC, Autoliv, Bosch, Consumers International, Continental, Denso, Thatcham, ZF-TRW, and the Toward Zero Foundation.
The UN Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020) is marked by more than 100 countries, including Malaysia. While some countries have finalised their Decade plans, Malaysia are currently in the midst of finalising theirs. Recently, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Malaysia chairman and ASEAN NCAP secretary-general Khairil Anwar Abu Kassim stated that by 2020, national automakers Proton and Perodua are expected to adopt autonomous emergency braking (AEB) and lane-keeping active safety systems as standard.
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Many thanks for this brilliant article! Now let’s sit back, and watch Toyota fail in Malaysia.
Funny thing is, when people can’t afford Toyota with good safety specs (VSC, 6 airbags, ABS, BA, TRC, HA), they pretend these models DON’T EXIST. Their beloved Saga has none of these as well.
Why Toyota so expensive? Ask your beloved Proton lar.
By the way Prius C has all these features, that’s why it is popular model in used car market.
Notice how he had to compare his beloved Toyota models with Proton, not even with other Japanese brands. That’s how pathetic UMW Toyota has become. Same level as P1.
Toyota has been selling 90-100k cars every year since 2008. Consistently. New Honda city didn’t affect Toyota sales. Only proton felt the pinch.
Good what MAI / MITI going to say next??? By then increase price again due to AP system not enough shares???
LOL, lets see how UMW and Proton and others respond to this…
we keep low balling the standard..
I think you meant Perodua. Proton now is Volvo of Asia.
Perodua CEO meanwhile unashamed to admit they won’t care about your life, they won’t target 5-star safety. Your life is worth 21km/L only.
They need to push UMW to adopt similar policies
…….. by 2020, national automakers Proton and Perodua are expected to adopt autonomous emergency braking (AEB) and lane-keeping active safety systems as standard.
Sure or not?, it is only 4 years away. How about I bet with you it won’t happen or only equipped on only 1 or 2 model in Proton. or Perodua.
Currently, not many cars have AEB, probably you can count by fingers, the one I know of with AEB for mass market is Peugeot 308 Premium version.
All Volvo have it as standard here. It started since 2009 XC60.
But Volvo basic entry level is 170K after discount. Peugeot 308 Premium is 110+ K only. Price wise a lot of difference.
Toyota/P2 says “ada aku kesah? Kite jual 300k keranda bergerak pun takde org komplen. Kalau nak komplen pun, org sudah bawah tanah. So kite perfect, no komplen. Buat pe nak tambah sini, tambah sana jadi macam Iriz? Nanti harge macam Iriz, siapa mau beli keranda kite? Tuan jepunis kite pun kedekut mau bagi bila mintak sedekah. Tak maulah!”
They didn’t say anything about airbags. Expect UMW to remove the passenger airbag since they’re “generous” enough to include AEB
It’s about time all cars came with ESC as standard. 10 or 15 years ago, ESC was still expensive, and was mostly used in luxury cars. Since then, thanks to constant research into automobile safety and economies of scale, prices for ESC modules have come down greatly. Now, even cheap small cars get ESC as standard, especially in the EU. A basic 2016 VW Up (in Europe) has equal or more safety gear than a 1996 Mercedes-Benz E-Class. Just imagine that for a moment.