Mandatory Speed Limiters

[JBell]

Seems we will not be able to speed anymore

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/news/mo...MwEHZc1uxfqcYJc1zGWFj9U5MZQJZ8gU4Ph3NVf_RCUMU

Police won't like it as they will loose money

They are saying about Data loggers as well which seems an invasion of my human rights

 

[Blobcat]

Seems we will not be able to speed anymore

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/news/mo...MwEHZc1uxfqcYJc1zGWFj9U5MZQJZ8gU4Ph3NVf_RCUMU

Police won't like it as they will loose money

They are saying about Data loggers as well which seems an invasion of my human rights

I can see it coming, PoPo don't get the folding though, it's the council so they can fix the roads for us...

At last week's full council meeting to set the budget, Annandale South councillor Richard Brodie suggested members of the public could sponsor one of the region's 40,000 potholes for £10 each, or upgrade to a platinum scheme for £50 per hole to be allowed to name it and attend a "filling ceremony".
Would you sponsor a pothole as a way to get it filled?

 

[bembo449]

wont effect me , I wont be buying a new car ever again

 

[Binnedit]

Wouldn't worry too much about it. Someone will, soon enough, be selling a bit of kit on the Bay to override them.

Not me BTW

 

[EmilysDad]

Wouldn't worry too much about it. Someone will, soon enough, be selling a bit of kit on the Bay to override them.

Not me BTW

If only someone would sell something to over ride the pointless, tree hugger, 'eco' stop/start .... I think I'm going to wear my 'eco' button out & I'm only on day 3

 

[3146bj]

Another case of "experts" knowing what is best for the rabble and using statistics (you know the old saying -lies, damn lies and statistics) to justify the proposal. As "speed" is a factor in every road accident, stopping "speed" will prevent every accident - just that no vehicle will be allowed to move. Another very simple solution to a complex problem which will have a limited outcome at high cost to the user, either financially or in personal freedom.

With respect to so-called "smart" solutions, always remember that they are programmed or setup by humans who cannot have the experience or knowledge to cover all possible situations. For example, how many people developing a stability system in Germany will understand the requirements for safe operation on a dirt road in the wet in Outback Australia? From my experience, they can't get it right for a recently graded dirt road curve close to Melbourne (went off the road, missed a quite large gum tree by inches when the system cut power at the moment we needed power to pull out of a slide). So what chance of a system to suit all situations?

 

[McDonald]

The value of older cars will increase dramatically, if new ones come with this technology.

 

[Tony Dyson]

Another case of "experts" ...

A friend shared the definition of a so called 'Expert' recently;

(eX) being the unknown quantity and a (spurt) being a drip under pressure!

 

[ajlsl600]

more crxx ! i have seen this coming , it will appear as a tax, and insurance pemiums on old non compliant vehicles and mandatory on all new. so will plod presently cruising up and down the land on revenue expeditions then be able to do some foot patrols and help with knife crime and granny pension murders or ? because around my daughters area you dont see plod until closing time or mrs may/prince charles come to open something .. std responce to reporting a crime "right now we dont have resources to look into it "

 

[A.J.]

Wouldn't worry too much about it. Someone will, soon enough, be selling a bit of kit on the Bay to override them.

Not me BTW

Apparently there will be an over-rider according to the RAC. Extract from their report below :-

'To make the move more popular, the ETSC proposes an on/off switch to be included at first, which would allow the system to be overridden by pushing hard on the accelerator.

This override would allow motorists to speed up should circumstances need it, and could mean that stricter rules could be introduced in the future.'

But only temporarily

There are occasions where you need that extra push to get you out of trouble, a speed limiter would/could be fatal !!

 

[Frontstep]

I do find driving the youths car with its tracker a sobering experience, where i expend quite a bit of my concentration watts on observing the speed limits, the problem is it isn't always obvious what the limit is.
Does it make for safer driving, the juries out on that.

The problem is we are a mix of poor, good and excellent drivers in a similar mix of vehicles travelling down a strange mix of roads roads,
throw into the mix cyclists, pedestrians, trucks, buses oh and a smattering of idiots.
With that lot to juggle is it any wonder that the pressure to "control" our roads grows.

I actually quite look forward to a time when we haven't got our hands on the wheel but that I feel will only be available to me on my brass handled oak veneered box.

 

[A.J.]

I actually quite look forward to a time when we haven't got our hands on the wheel but that I feel will only be available to me on my brass handled oak veneered box.

I am in a similar position to you although mine will probably be cardboard. The thought of going somewhere in a car with no-one driving terrifies me !

 

[umblecumbuz]

The thought of going somewhere in a car with no-one driving terrifies me !

It terrifies me more when I imagine a driverless car coming towards me!

And soon there'll be thousands of them, all controlled by sensors - which, as we know - never go wrong.

 

[Frontstep]

I am in a similar position to you although mine will probably be cardboard. The thought of going somewhere in a car with no-one driving terrifies me !

Well if you have flown recently chances are that super complicated air borne ship had no one at the controls for some time,

The girl sat at the lights yesterday smiling whilst doing her make-up and texting !! managed to get her car underway without stopping either for some time, I presume her knees and feet were busy.
She saw me laughed and sped off in her fiat 500 presumably putting one or the other down,
Automation please.

 

[LostKiwi]

It terrifies me more when I imagine a driverless car coming towards me!

And soon there'll be thousands of them, all controlled by sensors - which, as we know - never go wrong.

And yet we don't think twice about sitting in a thin aluminium tube at 39000 feet above the ground that is controlled from takeoff by a computer.

 

[coxyhog]

But in the aluminium tube there is - or should be - a qualified human monitoring the computers at all times and ready to assume manual control.
Assuming that said human has the required flying skills....

 

[d215yq]

I'm sure it won't be implemented here - we've yet to fit limiters to lorries yet despite being in the EU. As I wasn't in a rush was happy following a line of artics on the motorway for a good hour at 100-110km/h on speedo (verified the same on GPS) - thats 65-70 mph.

The line of us did encounter the odd foreign registered one doing 90km/h but as the rest were all unlimited the (2 lane) motorway didn't grind to a halt and we all just overtook as normal. When I finally overtook them as we went up a hill they were all newish or nearly new cabs.

Does make driving on motorways that bit nicer that not everything big goes so slow and bunches everything up - also the mpg was rather good for that hour with the lorries clearing the air for me

 

[LostKiwi]

But in the aluminium tube there is - or should be - a qualified human monitoring the computers at all times and ready to assume manual control.
Assuming that said human has the required flying skills....

And hasn't fallen asleep from boredom or a heavy night the night before....

 

[RhodieBill]

It'll only effect us if those treacherous, sore-losing remoaners get their evil way and manage to connive and cheat to keep us in the %£"*"*& EU!!!

 

[LostKiwi]

If those leavers get their way with no deal we won't have to worry as we won't have a car industry or be able to afford imported cars and fuel!

(Just for balance)