Camilla Wik (31) is not among those who trust information from their car. The first time she experienced the car stopping, she was driving on national highway 4 north of Gjøvik. – It’s 80 there, but then my car showed 100 and I stepped on the gas. All the way up her ass in front of me, she says. SHOULD BE UPDATED: Camilla Wik believes that more active work should be done to update information that is used by the bilane. – It is quite often that I notice that it shows faults in the car. Photo: Aleksandr Nedbaev / news Requirements for new cars Last year there was a requirement for all new type-approved cars to have “automatic cruise control”. It should make it more difficult to drive faster than the legal speed limit. In July next year, automatic speed adjustment will be mandatory for all newly registered cars – both older and new car models. The support function, which should contribute to increasing safety in traffic, means that the car itself adjusts the speed. The function retrieves information from the car camera, the national road data bank and providers of navigation services. Wik believes that the databases from which cars retrieve information must be updated so that the car can be trusted. – Either he brakes suddenly, because he shows too low a speed, or he shows too high a speed and then he accelerates, she says. AUTOMATIC: More and more cars can read signs along the road. And all new cars are connected to a data bank that causes the speed limit to appear in the instrument panel. Photo: Aleksandr Nedbaev / news Drivers trust the car A new national survey carried out by InFact AS for the Royal Norwegian Automobile Club shows that more than three out of four motorists trust the speed limit in the car. – This needs to be sharpened on the part of several people, says Tor Valdvik, communications and public relations at the Royal Norwegian Automobile Club. He means that it is the Norwegian Road Administration that is responsible for the national road data bank. In addition, there are several other navigation providers that provide information to the car’s navigation system. IT DOESN’T MATCH: Tor Valdvik in the Royal Norwegian Automobile Club takes a serious view that the speed limit in the car does not match the signs along the road. At the same time, he reminds: – Motorists must be aware that they themselves are responsible for the vehicle they are in. Photo: Aleksandr Nedbaev / news Although the information provided by the car is mostly accepted, Valdvik points out that there can be serious consequences in these cases he doesn’t do it. – Reasonably well updated Espen Sveen, section manager for transport and society in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, says they are still working to keep the road data bank up to date. – The data is reasonably well updated, but we know there can be errors and omissions. We work continuously to improve the updating processes, he says. Both the Norwegian Road Administration, the county councils and all the municipalities in the country are involved to ensure good information in the road bank. RESPONSIBILITY: Espen Sveen in the Norwegian Road Administration says that it will always be the responsibility of the driver that the car keeps the right speed, even if you use cruise control with license plate recognition. The National Road Data Bank is an open database and road users can report errors on the website. Photo: Jøte Toftaker / news Sveen adds that Norway’s bilan uses many sources to stay up-to-date. – The challenge is that we don’t know the value chain for the car. Therefore; even if the data in the road data bank is correct, it is not a given that updated information reaches the car. In addition, there may be errors in the car’s software, or that the car reads signs that are not along the road – for example from parallel roads or bridges. – It can be dangerous if one is not careful. Rapid development Rapid technological development in the car industry can cause work on the surroundings, such as physical signage and mapping, to lag behind. That’s according to Tore Lillemork, technical director of the Bilimportørenes national association. – The systems in the cars are not always good enough to select when there are inaccuracies out there in the world. Newer cars interact with their surroundings. – In the car industry, work is done with constant improvements. It will soon end up in self-driving cars, says Lillemork. COOPERATION: Tore Lillemork in the Bilimportørenes national association says there have been cases where cars have seen the brakes on after driving past signs advertising sausages with sausages for ten kroner. Photo: Pressefoto / Carporters’ National Association Could we have been gold Camilla Wik believes cruise control with license plate recognition can help prevent accidents. But as it is now, she fears dangerous situations. – At least for those who trust that what the car shows is correct. In the worst case, there will be a collision. Until then, she is not taking the chance to use the function. – If he had worked properly, it would have been quite a feat. WANTS TO HAVE CONTROL HERSELF: Camilla Wik has deactivated the driver support until further notice. Photo: Aleksandr Nedbaev / news
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Three out of four trust the speed limits in the car – Camilla Wik (31) knows they are not correct – news Innlandet – Local news, TV and radio
