Editing ADDW car systems legislated in the EU

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The European union has passed legislation that mandates Advanced Driver Distraction Warning(ADDW) systems for new car produced and meant to sell within the EU.<ref>{{Cite web |last=european |first=parliment |date=2019-12-16 |title=Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32019R2144 |url-status=live |website=EUR-Lex}}</ref>(article 6 clause d)

==How it works==
Coming 7 July 2026 all new vehicles within the European Union have to contain cameras that monitor driver behavior and notify the driver accordingly  in cases of improper driving conduct, something that had already taken place with M and N type vehicles from July 7th 2024 <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=European |first=Union |title=ADDW specifications |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=PI_COM:C(2023)4523 |url-status=live}}</ref> . This is in par with the goal EU had set to cut down on road accidents by halve compared to 2019<ref>{{Cite web |last=european |first=union |date=28 Oct 2021 |title=European Commission welcomes launch of Global Plan for the UN Decade of Action on Road Safety 2021-2030 |url=https://transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/european-commission-welcomes-launch-global-plan-un-decade-action-road-safety-2021-2030-2021-10-28_en |url-status=live}}</ref>. The cameras are ought to to monitor the drivers gaze, causing a case for a warning if its not directed at the specified areas that are defined in<ref name=":0" />(specifically points 3.3.1.1., 3.3.1.2., 3.3.1.3). 

The legislation asserts that the data generated by the ADDW system, should be contained within a closed loop and not be made available to 3rd parties, in addition no data should be collected except that which is needed to perform the task, and the data must be deleted after processing<ref name=":0" />(article 6 clause 3).

==Why it is a problem==
Privacy concerns are the main issue with such legislation. Even though the data fall under the GDPR law and the EU has set strong clauses there are still questions to be asked. Considering cases like Tesla where employees shared between themselves sensitive content recorded from cameras of their vehicles <ref>{{Cite news |first= |date=7 Apr 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-06/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

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