The GSMA has, unsurprisingly, come out in support of the EU plan to fit a mobile phone in every car, valuing each life saved at over fourteen million quid.
The eCall system dials 112 (the EU-wide emergency number) after an accident in order to summon the emergency services, and the Commission reckons that it could save 2500 lives a year. So far the system has been voluntary, but if member countries don't volunteer by the end of 2009 then the EU will pass legislation to make it mandatory, regardless of the cost.
15 countries have already signed up to the system, which puts a GSM mobile phone into every new car in Europe, along with a GPS system to report the current location and microphones around the car to pick up the screams of the injured. Denmark, France, Ireland, Latvia, Malta and the UK are still holding out, with claims that the system will be expensive and not good value for money.
Hehehe - sa jedne tacke gledista, odlicna ideja - svaki auto da bude opremljen sa GSM modulom koji ce zvati 112 ukoliko dodje do udesa. Mislite na bezbednost, i svu decicu koja bi bila spasena :)
Sa druge strane... to bi bila obaveza, gde bi svaki auto koji se prodaje u EU morao da ima GSM modul i GPS uredjaj koji su u vezi sa sigurnosnim sluzbama...
Zanimljivo... da vidimo sta bi moglo jos da se radi sa ovim sistemom?
- Prisluskivanje (predlog je da uredjaji budu opremljeni i sa mikrofonom)... naravno, terorista i pedofila iskljucivo
- Automatsko pracenje - opet, naravno terorista i pedofila i kradljivaca automobila
- Automatska naplata putarina
I za kraj, podvuceni deo teksta - Brisel planira da ovo usvoji kao obavezno, BEZ OBZIRA na cenu!!!
A da, da ne zaboravimo i:
- Opterecenje GSM mreza kada se odjednom nadje jos XYZ miliona modula, pogotovu u gradovima
- Totalni krah sistema u slucaju lancanog sudara, kada N automobila krene da se bezuspesno povezuje sa 112 servisom
Interesantna stvar, i jos interesantan nacin uvodjenja - demokratski, naravno :)
Nadajmo se da ce se ipak nesto desiti je li... posto ako se usvoji lisabonski sporazum, glasovi ce se donositi vecinom i nece biti moguce uloziti veto na bilo sta...
Assuming a very conservative 200 million cars in Europe, and taking the EU-estimated cost of €100 for the phone and GPS kit, then we can calculate a total cost of €40bn*, or a shade over £14m for each one of the 2500 lives saved. Some might argue that the money could be better spent, but that would be churlish.
A da, jbg, kud ces boljeg nacina trosenja 14 miliona funti po osobi kojoj je spasen zivot od ovoga - druge metode ne bi omogucile i ove "dodatne aplikacije"
Uzas..
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