EU Set To Mandate Speed Limiters In All New Cars (bbc.co.uk)

AmiMoJo shares a report from the BBC: Speed limiting technology looks set to become mandatory for all vehicles sold in Europe from 2022, after new rules were provisionally agreed by the EU. Road safety charity Brake called it a "landmark day," but the AA said "a little speed" helped with overtaking or joining motorways. Safety measures approved by the European Commission included intelligent speed assistance (ISA), advanced emergency braking and lane-keeping technology. The EU says the plan could help avoid 140,000 serious injuries by 2038 and aims ultimately to cut road deaths to zero by 2050. Under the ISA system, cars receive information via GPS and a digital map, telling the vehicle what the speed limit is. This can be combined with a video camera capable of recognizing road signs. The system can be overridden temporarily. If a car is overtaking a lorry on a motorway and enters a lower speed-limit area, the driver can push down hard on the accelerator to complete the maneuver. According to the report, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot-Citroen, Renault and Volvo already have models available with some of the ISA technology fitted.

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Re:This is going to be GRRRR-GREAT!

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Go on, cowboy. Let that testosterone fly!

There should never be constraints on YOU!

Who gives a flying fuck if you splatter your guts and metal all over the highway! NOT ME!

My insurance rates go up because of your let-the-throttle-fly attitude, no, no not me.

Find a highway as soon as you can. Let 'er rip, dude. Use a dashcam so we can see just what kind of guts you have, bubba!

NO ONE SHOULD LIMIT YOU! YOU ARE FREE! LIBERATED! JUST DO WHAT THE HELL YOU WANT! I WiSH I HAD YOUR BALLS!!!!

Your nanny should've smacked you upside-the head a few more times to knock some sense into your thick, over-testosteroned skull so that you might survive, but hey, please become a Darwin Award statistic.