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:Includes manual override and black box

[symes]

Trucks in the EU have had, for decades, a black box recording their activity. Recordings are specific to drivers. No one seems to mind those.

Many new cars in the .EU already have speed limiters built in. My old Mercedes did - it was great fun. They are really useful if you are driving in town and there are speed cameras/traps. They are also a lot of fun. You can accelerate hard and not risk going over the speed limit.

So it more looks like the EU is just getting car manufacturers to make available already tested tech into all new cars.