The ‘Intelligent Speed Assistant’ is mandatory in new cars from July and comes into action when you drive too fast. Parliamentary questions were asked about the extent to which the ISA may intervene. The editors of Autoweek looked at the answers.
It was recently laid down in European legislation that new cars must be equipped with an Intelligent Speed Assistant from 6 July 2022. These are cars that have been completely newly developed. From July 7, 2024, so in just over two years, even all newly sold vehicles must have an ISA on board. Cars with such a system must alert the driver to exceeding the speed limit.
‘Driver determines speed himself’
JA21 MP Nicki Pouw-Verweij put a series of parliamentary questions about ISA to Minister Mark Harbers (Infrastructure & Water Management) to gain clarity about how it works. According to Harbers, you receive an audible and/or visual signal, but the driver determines the speed himself. According to the minister, cars from before the introduction of ISA do not need to be equipped with such a system.
‘No tax for people who drive too fast’
Whether ISA works properly depends, among other things, on the registration of traffic signs and/or correct data in navigation systems. “It has been agreed with the industry that ISA must apply the correct limit for at least 90 percent of the time,” says Harbers. “It is up to the industry to determine whether they realize this with cameras and software-based sign recognition, a digital speed map. or a combination thereof.” According to Harbers, no data is collected for other purposes and an extra charge if people drive too fast is not an issue either.
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