EU vehicles soon to get additional security equipment

The list of nearly 30 points for additional equipment include functions that make it difficult to drink during driving, unable to exceed the speed limit and record accidents data, European officials said.

Trucks must be equipped with sensors to detect pedestrians and riders in the so-called dead cirk.

The biggest part of accidents is the result of human error”, European Commissioner for Industry Elizabeta Bienkoska said.

Otherwise, the European Union proposed a move last year to reduce the number of deaths on the street. An annual EU level of life is lost by some 25,000 people and 140,000 others are injured.