Speed-limiter: will we all have one in our car one day?

A new government-backed system that would force vehicles to observe speed
limits using an engine limiter is set to create controversy.

Here is the story:
http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22749-2308263,00.html

BUT: A DfT spokesman said there were no plans to make the device compulsory
in the UK.

So nothing to worry about, or.....

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compulsory

If it saves lives then why not?
I think it's foolish for car manufacturers to make cars that go over 70 mph.

The next step with the device you mention will be for the police to send a
signal to a car they are chasing to shut down.

Dave

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You're not from Texas, are ya, boy?

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;-)

A recent trip to New Mexico showed that quite a few of the highways
were posted at 75MPH. Normal traffic was of course the normal ~5mph
above the posted limit.

Although I do agree with the OP in spirit. If the government really
didn't want people to speed they could simply encode the permissible
speed into a bar-code on the road and have the cars refuse to go
faster except for a short passing interval. Speeding tickets are a
huge source of revenue though and nobody is foolish enough to
legislate that away.

-wolfgang
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:48:31 -0700, "Wolfgang S. Rupprecht"



Cool idea. What's the chance of it being hacked, big time...