From now on, your driving behavior will be monitored by the car’s dashboard: what to expect and when? | Business

Initially, this year, ADDW will be mandatory on newly homologated cars. And from 2026 driver behavior monitoring system will be mandatory in all new cars.

ADDW is already running

By the way, the ADDW system has been working for a long time in many popular Subaru, Toyota or Volvo models. On or near the dashboard, sometimes above the touch screen (sometimes right on the steering wheel) is an “electronic eye” that follows the driver’s gaze. As soon as the eyes move from the road to the phone or touchscreen (in the middle of the cabin), ADDW’s tracking system starts beeping and flashing intrusively. A call to the driver to “look at the road” appears on the instrument panel.

As soon as the driver turns his gaze to the road, the beeping disappears.

How do traffic safety experts evaluate such an innovation?

Experts: these systems are really struggling

Vitoldas Milius, the editor of Auto Bild Lietuva magazine and the author of the slogan vairuodamsvairuoks , tested how this system works in several models. And confirms: yes, she really fights very hard. Considering that many drivers are not looking at the road, but at the phone, this system is really necessary. It reacts quite quickly and seriously “annoys” the driver with its horn, directing him to the right path.

“This system is necessary and important. Whether our goldsmiths will learn to disconnect it is another question. We get angry that our car screeches and beeps if we do something wrong. But that’s how it has to be, until the car takes over the driving from us. The systems with their constant reminder make you pay attention to what is in front or behind the car. So that there are no painful consequences”, said Vitoldas Milius.

The head of the Amplus LT driving school, Artūras Pakėnas, admits that they do not have these systems in the training cars for now.

“I’ve only heard about these systems jokingly. And if I drive with sunglasses, so what?

Anyway, all systems are good if they help with something. Admittedly, there are systems that annoy me. For example, the lane support system sometimes goes off the rails, hitting the steering wheel indiscriminately. Driving in the countryside, I deactivate this system”, commented A. Pakėnas.