UK Gov’t Considering Speed Limiters

Now that I know that…how can you tell what the speedlimiter on your car is?

What a lame idea. Civilized world, indeed… no one would go for that here. Although I’ve heard Oregon is flipping around the idea of mileage-based road taxes… which would blow, since Oregon is currently a very cheap state to register a car in.

The unlimited German autobahns are the safest freeways in the world despite the speed.  The Germans have lane discipline drilled into them in driver’s ed, something no American driver has.

And call me a libertarian cynic, but government controlled cars are an “accident” waiting to happen.

First it’s voluntary.  Then after massaging a study to produce the right results, the Government would make it mandatory.  Then they’ll move on to govern another part of your life you’d rather them not bother with.

I would like to point out that people can be killed in car accidents at almost any speed.  This attempt to control the population (it’s a control thing) overlooks the issue that a lack of power is a lack of control and that can kill as well.  If the car can’t get you out of a jam, You’re dead.  I understand they are targeting the speeders but they are putting the rest us in danger.

My dog has a chip in her back so that we can monitor her speed limits. She has soft fur.

I agree with beerboyone.. I think that would be better and cheaper in some way cause its easier to make..and about the article, that would take away all the fun of driving cause you dont have control of the car basically.. its just staying in the speed limit just like everybody else so it wouldnt bother what car u have or drive because everyone would be goin the same speed =[

How about they stop wasting time on those studies and start making cars that can drive themselves. Then they won’t have to worry about “speeding”... pshh

Absolutely rediculous. I drive about 50k per year and I can think of more instances than I care to remember where flooring my vtec powerplant was the only action that could have saved me from much more than a fender bender.

And I can not believe that the citizens of the UK would allow their government to know their whereabouts at all times. Eh, Comrads?

I second that.

Wow, that would suck ... makes me glad to live in the US.

I can’t see an active system being used but maybe a passive system that constanly beeps if you are exceeding the roads speed limit.