WASHINGTON - With a plan to issue new regulations, Gloria bergquist spokesman of the Association of Automobile Manufacturers (Alliance of Automotive Manufacturers) said its members (Toyota, Ford and General Motors) have started to study the standardization of keyless entry systems in its product respectively. When this rule's official, car manufacturers are ready and stay applies only.
Safety official institutions in the United States (U.S.), National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator (NHTSA) proposed that the keyless entry key (with sensors) became a standard feature on all brands of cars. This proposal is submitted on the experience of Toyota recall cases in 2009-2010.
"The case, when a state of panic, the driver tends to leave the vehicle in a state machine is still alive or not in the transmission lever position" P ". In addition to the potential of running your own vehicle, as well as poisoning the environment because they remove carbon dioxide," said NHTSA in the proposal, as reported bloomberg (9 / 12).
If approved, this proposal was published December 12 2012 begin with the estimated additional costs to industry under U.S. $ 500,000 per year. The new rules set new standards when the engine started and stopped with the start / stop more quickly. Association of Automotive Engineers (The Society of Automotive Engineers) proposed a velocity in the range of half to two seconds.
Although not a new feature, keyless entry that existed at the time this car had a weakness that is the time of operation. As experienced in 2009 Lexus ES 350, where the car is already equipped with keyless entry and key features start / stop. But, to turn off the machine takes 3 seconds. At that time, the Lexus was driving and crashed, resulting in four lives lost.
