Cars to brake on their own: Centre plans AEBS mandate from Oct 2030

NEW DELHI: Certain safety features of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) will be made mandatory for cars, particularly taxis, as govt steps up efforts to reduce road crashes. From Oct 2030, all new car models would be required to be equipped with the advanced emergency braking system (AEBS), the most important ADAS feature, TOI has learnt.As for pre-2030 still-in production models, AEBS would mandatory from Oct 2032.The draft notification, with timelines for different ADAS safety features for cars, would be out soon, people aware of the development said, adding that focus would be more on taxis. They said the proposed timelines take into account the lead time that industry and users would need.ADAS is a set of more than 100 electronic technologies that increases safety by detecting potential hazards, warning the driver, and in some cases, automatically controlling brakes or steering to prevent a collision.