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Britain to Pilot GPS Speed Governors
Rich0 writes "In a new twist on traffic speed enforcement, The Times is reporting that Britain is piloting a new device which will use GPS to actively prevent speeding. The device will initially be offered in conjunction with discounts to the London congestion surcharge." From the article: "A study commissioned by London's transport planners has recommended that motorists who install it should be rewarded with a discount on the congestion charge, which tomorrow rises to £8 a day. The trial Skodas were fitted with a black box containing a digital map identifying the speed limits of every stretch of road in Leeds. A satellite positioning system tracked the cars' locations. "
Seems pretty obvious.
In response to the earlier Slashdot article which argues that innovation has slowed down...there is now a risk of Skodas exceeding the speed limit. I'd call that progress.
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Even better, disable your own limiter and build a short-range transmitter to spoof the GPS of your fellow motorists into thinking they are all on a 25mph road, even tho its an interstate highway. Make life on the freeway a lot more interesting.
Yeah, and those damn fire engines always seem to be speeding too! Some people are such sheep they even pull over to the side of the road when they come barreling through! Imagine the nerve of those drivers... I can't do that even when I'm late to work! I swear, it's a conspiracy or something. Why are emergency workers special?
A report on a driver convicted for doing 30 in an adjacent 20mph zone due to the resolution of GPS being reduced with the outbreak of another war. A police spokesperson said "GPS, like biometric ID, is known to be infallible - that's why we use them to catch the terrorists and prostitute traffickers." The driver is due to be sentenced next week.
Ah yes. As an Atlanta resident I can confirm that driving the speed limit here can be hazardous to your health.
That's fine just as long as you stay the hell out of the left lane.
please, just stay in the right lane then and allow those of us who are comfortable behind the wheel pass.
We'll all be going much more slowly once all the oil runs out. Those of us who haven't starved to death in the ensuing famine and political upheavals.
Bitching about intrusive government limiting the speed of your luxury vehicle will seem utterly petty by around 2015-2020.
And besides, they invent a device called a "governor" and then expect the government NOT to put it on every vehicle? Who couldn't see this coming??
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
In addition to the countless video cameras watching every moment of daily life, starting today, GPS units will be implanted in every infant born prior to handing the child over to the mother.
This is considered important in the fight agains crime as it will allow police to instantly know who was at a crime scene at any given moment. Scotland Yard said that the GPS units do not infringe on citizens' rights as the data will only be used for tracking down criminals. The average citizen who does not break the law has nothing to worry about.
How soon does it start???
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Congrats on achieving total faith in the infalibility of all transport authority figures, it's a rare and difficult creed. Not one in a hundred million match your devotion. BTW, your turn signal's been on for the last ten miles.
In Soviet Russia you govern GPS.
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You got it - we should all celebrate Freedom (tm) by dropping to our knees in front of Big Brother in compliance with his Speed Tax!
How are they going to police compliance though? even if they caught me on camera but my gps didn't register, there could be many valid reasons for it, gps coverage in cities is patchy enough.
I follow the speed limits to the letter becasue I've NEVER seen an unreasonable speed limit anywhere in my travels...Sorry folks, but the roads are for people like me to get safely from one place to another.
So old timer how's life in the motorhome? Tell us some stories about vacuum tubes and punch cards.
You appear to attempting to travel faster than the speedlimit. Would you like help on any of the following subjects?
Use of the Override button.
How to determine if you should use the Override button.
What qualifies as an emergency.
How to be 0wn3d by the front bumper of the truck about to impale you from the rear.
There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.
A: A Speedbump
You did know that cops aren't legally allowed to break the speed limit when they aren't responding to a call or enforcing the law, right?
Who's going to pull them over?
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The question you need to be asking is why are they using Skoda's to test for speeding?
I mean, helloo? Why don't they test with a car that is actually capable of speeding???
29 mpg. YMMV.
clipped a kerb on the way to work this morning trying to take the racing line around a roundabout at 60mph... within the speed limit of course but if i'd have gotten it a bit wronger i'd have rolled. though i have noticed that roundabouts in otherwise national-speed-limit areas are starting to get their own local 30mph zones
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