Comment by peeters
3 years ago
Do you have a source for it being illegal for an owner to disable it on their own vehicle? Your link talks about it being required in new cars but I didn't see anything that said you couldn't deactivate it.
3 years ago
Do you have a source for it being illegal for an owner to disable it on their own vehicle? Your link talks about it being required in new cars but I didn't see anything that said you couldn't deactivate it.
the logic is this:
ecall is a functional safety feature of your vehicle, which, like tire pressure sensors or abs or ESR or whathaveyou has been prescribed to save human life's. it only phones home, so the logic, in case of a severe accident. automatic registry of any sim card with mobile network towers is just a technicality, according to that logic.
ecall is a prescribed feature for homologation (German: Typzulassung). if you manipulate a homologation relevant feature of the vehicle, your general operating license becomes void ("allgemeine Betriebserlaubnis erlischt")
in other words: you can sure disable it on your own car --- but that car in that moment loses insurance and you're no longer allowed to operate it on the road, except to bring it to the workshop.
that's the mechanics of "homologation" and "general operating license", i.e. the mechanics of road safe vehicles.
now, are you looking for a source of these mechanics? or a source for where ecall is listed as generic mandatory feature?
In Germany only?
in Europe. details may vary but overall eCall is a EU thing, and so is homologation and regulations for safety features.