New spyware gives drivers a brake GPS-linked boxes hold cars to speed limit GPS에 연결된 장치를 이용하여 규정속도를 초과 했을때 대신 브레이크을 밟아 주는 새로운 장비가.... By JEFF GRAY Monday, November 28, 2005 Posted at 3:40 AM EST From Monday's Globe and Mail 운전자들이 바라는 꿈이 있다면 뒷좌석에 앉아서 전자 장비를 이용한 운전을하고 알아서 속도를 조절해 주는꿈이 마지막일것일지도 모른다. 캐나다 교통성에서는 GPS 기술과, 고속도로의 규정속도를 디지털화 한 지도를 동시에 만들어서, 운전자가 속도를 초과 했을때, 이기구가 작동하여 속도를 줄이게 하는 시험을 하고 있다 한다. 운전자가 규정된 속도를 넘어서 달리게되면 이장치가 작동하여 악셀레이터를 밟아도 속도를 더이상 못내게 하는 장치라고 한다. 적신호에 네거리 신호등통과 감시를 위해 설치된 카메라와 고속도로에서의 속도위반을 적발하는 포토-레이다 사용을 적극 반대 하면서,노농자들의 작업환경을 전문적으로 연구하는 Burns씨는 주장하기를 운전자들은 이러한 시도를 좋아 하지 않을지도 모른다고 언급했다. 현재 10명의 자진 시험 참가자들이 이에 응하고 있는데, 이와 비슷한 장치를 현재 유럽의 스웨덴, 네델란드, 그리고 영국에서도 시험중이라 한다. Burns씨는 이러한 장치부착으로 현재 충돌사고의 25 % 이상이 과속에서 발생하고 있는 통계를 볼때,충돌사고와 고속주행시의 배기까스 방출을 줄일수 있는것으로 기대에 부풀어 있는것같다. 이러한 시험이 현재 오타와주변에서 시행되고 있는데, 다른 지역으로 확대 시험하기전에, 오는 봄철까지 충분한 자료를 확보할수 있기를 기대하고 있다고 한다. 또다른 시험설비는 자동차안의 대쉬 보드에 비슷한 장비를 부착하여, 디지털화 시킨 고속도로 지도와 접속시켜, 속도위반시, 파란불이 켜짐과 동시에 귀하는 규정 속도를 위반하고 있읍니다라는 음성을 들려주는 장비라고 한다. 일례로 엄마가 자동차를 고속으로 몰고 갈때, 대쉬보드에 파란불이 켜진것을 옆에 앉아 있는 아들이 보고 있다가, "엄마 속도를 위반 하고 있어요, 조심해요"라고 경고할수 있다는 가상을 해 볼수 있다. 이장비는 캐나다 서부의 조그만 회사에서 제작하여 현재 시험중에 있는데, 하나에 $290 에 위니펙과 오타와에서 판매되고 있는데 위니펙에서만 현재 400여대를 판매했다고 하는데, 알버타로 확대할 계획이라고 한다. 이장비는 필요에 따라 디지털화된 고속도로Map을 Up-date해야 한다. 또한 이장비는 네거리신호등 카메라, 건널목, 기타 야생사슴출현에 대한 경보용으로도 사용될수 있을것이라고 한다. 자세한 내용은 아래 원문을 참조 하시면 좋을듯 싶읍니다. It's the last thing many motorists would want -- a permanent, electronic back-seat driver, forcefully reminding them not to speed. But Transport Canada is road-testing cutting-edge devices that use global positioning satellite technology and a digital speed-limit map to know when a driver is speeding, and to try to make them stop. When a driver hits a certain percentage above the posted speed limit, the device kicks in and makes it difficult to press the accelerator. While the idea appeals to some road-safety experts, even the researcher in charge of the project admits many drivers -- some of whom have shown fierce resistance to photo-radar and red-light cameras -- may balk at the science-fiction scenario of a machine forcing them to apply the brakes. "We are trying to assess the operational acceptance issues," said Peter Burns, chief of ergonomics and crash avoidance with Transport Canada's road safety directorate. While this pilot trial is believed to be the first of its kind in North America, similar devices have been tested in several European countries, including Sweden, the Netherlands and Britain. Dr. Burns said proponents of such devices are enthusiastic about the potential to reduce deaths and injuries from car crashes, as well as reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, which are greater at higher speeds. "Excessive speed is a leading road safety challenge," Dr. Burns said, noting that speeding is a contributing factor in 25 per cent of fatal crashes across Canada. Ten cars, driven by volunteers and outfitted with the Swedish-made speed-limiting system, are on Ottawa's roads -- minding the speed limits, one presumes. Researchers hope to collect enough data by spring to see if the system actually changed the drivers' speeding habits, before going ahead with a larger trial. Using another 10 volunteer drivers, the project will also test the Otto Driving Companion, a less intrusive and commercially available system designed by Persentech, a Winnipeg firm. The dashboard-mounted device also uses GPS technology, but only warns drivers with a voice alarm and a light when they start to speed. The $290 devices are on sale in Winnipeg and Ottawa and will be available in Edmonton, Calgary and Red Deer starting this week. Company president Frank Franczyk said he has sold 400 of the devices in Winnipeg alone. He said conscientious customers appreciate the blue speed-warning light and even the voice that warns them they are going too fast. Some say their children speak up when they see the alarm go off. "They say, 'Hey mom, the blue light's on. Why are you speeding?" said Mr. Franczyk, who has plans to expand the service to Toronto, Hamilton, Vancouver and the United States. His device, which can be updated on the Web with new digital maps, can also be set to tip off drivers about high-risk intersections, pedestrian crosswalks, deer crossings and red-light cameras. The system can be set to go off when the vehicle is travelling anywhere from 2 to 10 per cent above the speed limit. The voice alarm can also be turned off. In Europe, proponents have said that the technology should be mandatory in all vehicles or that insurance companies might offer discounts to drivers who use it. In Britain, the more intrusive speed-limiting system is being suggested as a way to eliminate that bane of modern roads: the traffic-calming speed hump. Toronto City Councillor Doug Holyday, who has led a lonely battle against the proliferation of what he says are hundreds of unneeded speed humps in Canada's largest city, said computerized speed-limiters appeal to him. "It would certainly be better than having all these speed humps everywhere," Mr. Holyday said. "Certainly speeding is a problem. If you have a way to control it, you have to take a look at it." Print this article E-mail this article Join conversation (7) Latest Comments in the Conversation Editor's Note: Globeandmail.com editors read and approve each comment. Comments are checked for content only, spelling and grammar errors are not corrected and comments that include vulgar language or libelous content are rejected. gregory macisaac from Ottawa, Canada writes: I would be in favour of this sort of technology if speed limits were more realistic. No wonder people speed if they are expected to travel at 100km/h, with today's well-designed roads and extremely stable cars. In the Maritimes, at least, the posted speed limit on major highways is 110km/h. That's still slow, but it is a step in the right direction. If the limit were 115km/h, or even 120km/h, then I would probably never go above that. We drive extremely long distances in Canada. Why would I want to stretch a 14 hour drive into a 17 hour drive by following the speed limit of 100km/h, when going 120km/h is perfectly safe? As as side note, it is interesting that the comparison is made with the UK, not with Germany, which of course doesn't have speed limits. Posted Nov. 28, 2005 at 5:15 AM EST Link to Comment Christopher LaHaise from Ottawa, Canada writes: I'm really hoping this catches on.I live near a major road in a residential district, and I'm sick and tired of seeing drivers go by at 80 to 100 kph in a 60 zone.Anything which will make people actually obey the speed limit is a good thing.I think most areas have too high a speed limit to begin with. Posted Nov. 28, 2005 at 5:21 AM EST Link to Comment John Stewart from Eden, Ontario, Canada writes: I'm with Marc D. on this one.Our speed limits are unrealistic for our roads and vehicles. However, I expect Mother McGuinty to latch onto this idea.It's perfect for his nanny state. JDS Posted Nov. 28, 2005 at 5:52 AM EST Link to Comment Alex Ferrini from Montreal, Canada writes: It is very true that the GPS-based speed limit system has major flaws, but one that does work nicely, and is in use, for example, in the Netherlands, is the following: at a given point on the highway, a computer automatically recognizes your license plate.Further on, this happens again.If you took less than X seconds between the two, expect a speeding ticket in the mail a few days later.People know about this, and act accordingly: almost nobody speeds. It would be refreshing to see realistic speed limits enforced.Here in Montreal, certainly variable speed limits would be useful - there are many stretches of road where the (mostly ignored) posted limit is 70 km/h, where cars regularly travel 100 km/h.Why not post the limit at 90 km/h and then start ticketing at 100 km/h? On our major interurban highways (I think 401 here), the speed limit could easily be set at 130 km/h but also enforced at that.Oh wait, it is already enforced at 130 km/h!Especially around Kingston traffic seems to flow nicely at 135-140 km/h! To Gregory: It is untrue that the Autobahn has no speed limit.You'll find that over half of its lenght does have limits, usually 100 or 120 km/h.There are large stretches that do have no limits, but people respect this and don't drive all over the highway.If you're caught in the left lane going less than 150, you're asking for trouble. In North America, and some places are much worse than others, people seem to think it's their right to drive at any speed in any lane, thus causing danger and frustration for themselves and others.