http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1180194/The-car-makes-speeding-history.html

Hehe, didnt know what to make of this.

On the one hand if it was mandatory across the board, it might work, until people figure out how to disable them.

And then I read:

The system offers the driver two modes - voluntary and advisory - as well as an override button.

So whats the point? The people that speed and drive recklessly will just disable it and itll be driving as usual.

I doubt itd make those drivers that insist on driving at 2/3 the speed limit actually drive at the speed limit.

About the only use I can see is, in the articles words:

This innovative technology could help any driver avoid the unnecessary penalties of creeping over the speed limit...

Which is fair enough, theres plenty of places around here where "safety" cameras are set ridiculously close to the speed limit at the bottom of hills and just after slip roads as a means of catching people going 1mph over the limit. The system might help prevent some people going over the limit. But again, as the article says, it might make some drivers stop thinking.

Can envision scenarios on single carriageways where the roads clear and the person in front goes off at say 70mph in a 60mph zone, and with the length of the road, a tailback ensues when the car behind cant speed up past the limit to match the traffic. I guess its one step away from doing away with cameras and just using the £G network to broadcast your speeds, and when and where you exceeded the limits to the govt ><

Ah but if they are doing the speed limit why would you need to overtake ><

(Thats the excuse theyll give)

Tell that to the lady doin 30mph on a 60mph single carriageway last night ><

As to daily mail, I call into question pretty much all the media, it just happened to be the first thing/time I saw mention of this.

 

Isnt everything a little slower over there though? If you get used to driving at uk speeds, youd be semi-forgiven for edging over an equivalent limit that is 5-10 mph less?

nearly any car with cruise control has a limiter function

nearly any car with cruise control has a limiter function

I was just about to say why not just use cruise control ?


I didnt used to think there was much point to it.... but its bloody handy when youre driving a 27 tonner along a single carriage way with a copper behind you..... you get used to doing 60 in a car on the same road... doing 40 in a lorry is a real shock

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Ah but if they are doing the speed limit why would you need to overtake ><

(Thats the excuse theyll give)

well if someone is doing 55 in a 60 id want to get past them as fast as possible if it involved being on the wrong side of the road, and creeping past at +5mph would be unbelievably dangerous

This wouldnt speed up your journey up the majority of the time however. The amount of times Ive just cruised down the A19 at 55mph and theres some beemer/Audi rep come flying past at obvious over 70mph and they get stuck at the same lights that I do. Or they get away 5 seconds before me.

So going that extra few mph is often quite pointless.

True - over long distances it can make a difference. But youd be looking at over 50miles and I cant see anyone being stuck behind a car for 50 miles, unles you live in the land of long, long roads. Like Sam