Emergency ‘eCalls’ filtered by seven private companies

January 30, 2020

The EU makes the eCall system obligatory for all cars sold after March 31st 2018, enabling an automatic emergency call when the car gets involved in an accident /Daimler

eCalls, the automatic emergency call generated by a car in case of a severe accident, are no longer relayed directly to the 112 emergency services but are filtered by (seven) private companies in Belgium starting this year. The reason: 90% of those calls are estimated inadvertently. The measure should ensure the emergency services aren’t flooded

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