ACCIDENT ALERT TECH
January 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLA EUROPEAN research consortium is testing an automatic accident alert system helping drivers motoring in a foreign country raise emergency services following an accident, reducing the risk they might die or suffer serious harm. The system would help motorists who may not know where to call for assistance and may not speak the language used by nearby police, ambulance services and fire fighters. Instead, the 'E-merge' in-car system, developed through the European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coordination Organisation, automatically ...
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