How To Kill Off The Car Building Industry E U S S R Style

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47715415
Not that I'm radio enough to buy a new car anyway but now there is a positive incentive to not buy one! Speed curtailment regardless of situation is dangerous anyway. Decision probably made by a non motorist.

[Hopkirk]

They really need to make car speedometers more accurate if they are going to do this.

Mine over reads by about 8%. I complained, but was told it is within the 10% tolerance allowed.

On a motorway I would be toodling along at about 62. Virtually no cars will actually achieve 70.

[CrapAtCryptics]

I`m surprised they think the Germans would accept this, having seen the issues with excess toys on cars do we really need more.

[naomi24]

In certain situations that could be dangerous.

[dannyk13]

I remember back in the fifties that army trucks had speed governors fitted, so nothing new.

[ummmm]

My OH's van has speed restrictions on it. All the cars I've hired have also had them. I don't see the issue.

[ToraToraTora]

I ride a bike and many times I have been grateful for some oomph to get me out of a bad situation. If it just died mid manouvre it could cause accidents.

[theshedman]

The Royal Navy still had them on their lorries in the 70s and they were a real pain. Going uphill especially and having a citroen 2CV pass you as if you were stopped.

[woofgang]

there are signs on the back of many lorries stating that the speed is governed to xxx

[ToraToraTora]

what I'm more interested in though is the effects on the motor industry. This is bound to effect sales and could lead to job losses etc.

[naomi24]

I don't see that TTT. If people want a new car they'll buy one. We always buy new cars and a reasonable speed restriction wouldn't stop us.

[douglas9401]

I doubt there are many glasses being raised round the board tables of high performance car manufacturers.

There will be a compromise/cave in along shortly.

[Hopkirk]

All trucks, buses and coaches have them.

[Old_Geezer]

I agree with those who realise it's an insane piece of Big Brother control. One needs to be able to adjust for circumstances, avoiding potentially dangerous situations developing, not finding ourselves trapped in one created by a limiter, created by control freaks in authority who think they know best.

[dannyk13]

TTT from the link //However, the new system as it's currently envisaged will not force drivers to slow down. It is there to encourage them to do so, and to make them aware of what the limit is, but it can be overridden//
So there will not be any sudden dying of the engine.

[ToraToraTora]

if you can turn it off what's the point?

[dannyk13]

The point is the driver will get a warning when entering a different speed limit area.

[jno]

dannyk, TTT too often doesn't read his own links, which rather yundermines his indignation. However, "lane-keeping technology" sounds good - imagine lorries just exploding when they pull into the outside lane and showering roads with treacle or unicorns or whatever.

[dannyk13]

TTT, all is explained in the link.

[anotheoldgit]

In this age of technical advancement, I have never understood why in speed limited zones there could not be placed speed restriction devices under the road, so as to send a signal to a device fitted to vehicles to govern down the speed of vehicles entering those zones.

[Old_Geezer]

A warning device (usually a nagging device instead) is not a limiter.