We are accustomed to the fact that the most advanced firms are obsessed with offering all kinds of modernity that help make life easier for us and make the car interior a more minimalistic space. Well, the Stellantis Group wants to help save lives with a system that is as simple as it is useful: an emergency vehicle warning system Or what is the same, an update through which our car will detect that an emergency vehicle is coming.
And although it’s true that all vehicles want to make it as easy as possible for ambulances, firefighters or police cars when they’re driving by with their sirens on, this notice can make things a lot quicker and easier. Thus, we will be able to safely estimate, create a corridor and allow them to proceed, although the problem will remain Cars that do not have this system,
Simple emergency vehicle warning device with which Stellantis will help save lives
However, it should be kept in mind that, At the moment, this system is available in the United States and Canada., But this does not mean that it ends by reaching the old continent. Be that as it may, it’s been available for Chrysler, Dodge, Ram and Jeep models since 2018, or what it is, more than 1.8 million vehicles.
Notably, EVAS is a feature of Uconnect that allows its users to not only know that there is an emergency vehicle around their location, but also various road hazards, This is possible thanks to its origination from the HAAS Alert Safety cloud platform, which is able to receive notifications of cranes, disabled vehicles, work areas and arrows and toll roads.
But the union doesn’t want to stop at this pointand they are already working on the next one called HELP, acronyms that correspond to the Hazard Enhanced Location Protocol. Through this, drivers receive a notification of vehicles that use the system and experience a breakdown or accident, a notification that people connected to the Safety Cloud also receive on their mobile phones.
Thus, drivers who have access to this information They’ll get it between 15 and 20 seconds before it reaches the dangerous point, This means we are 0.5 kms from the time we got the notice and were driving at highway speed. To this they want to add functions such as emitting a distinctive pattern through LED lights designed to make their presence on the road more noticeable and thus alert other drivers to danger and reduce speed. Let’s reduce
Nevertheless, the transcendental step and fundamental pillar of this technique This is what is really of concern to us today, And it’s that alerts on nearby emergency vehicles will not only benefit traffic flow, but—more importantly—save lives by reducing the wait time between the person in need of a doctor and the doctor’s arrival.
