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[...] It is clear that a significant minority of British drivers put their time and their 'needs' above the safety of other road users and pedestrians. In a few decades, the driverless car will be perfected and the driven car must be made obsolete, preferably by law.
Until then the Government and the insurance industry should take radical steps to help residents of rural and urban communities reclaim their neighbourhoods from the lorries, the lunatics - and those Great British Motorists who like toddlers think they can do what they like, and explode with rage and indignation when questioned about it.
Black boxes compulsory in every vehicle, with improved technology that detects speed limit breaking and careless or aggressive driving.
Insurance companies encouraged to hike premiums immediately and punitively as bad driving is revealed.
Insurance companies obliged to hand over to DVLA and / or police all data that reveals traffic offences and dangerous driving.
Legal framework to allow prosecution and driving bans relating to offences revealed by black boxes.
Legal changes to encourage use of dashcam / helmet-cam / CCTV evidence to prosecute motorists.
Comprehensive review of 30mph speed limits, with local consultations on which should be lowered to 20mph.
Limit revs to 3,000rpm on all vehicles - as condition of passing MOT - to cut noise and dangerous acceleration.
Funding for technology that will limit all vehicles automatically to the local speed limit (and in the case of national speed limits, a safe speed for the road conditions); and will prevent heavy goods vehicles from using inappropriate rural and urban roads.
Source: This is Money
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @09:24PM
Cars in the US have had some sort of recording of driving history for a while but it is only reviewed in case of accidents. But there are US insurance companies that allow new customers to attach recording devices and submit their driving habits in order to get reduced rates, but it is completely voluntary.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday August 22 2016, @04:22PM
> submit their driving habits in order to get reduced rates, but it is completely voluntary.
Before this decade is over, not having one of those will mean paying at least 4x if not 10x premiums. But hey, you've got to have insurance, right?
Insurance companies will give themselves the right to resell all your travel information to whoever gives them the right amount of cash, and of course the authorities will have full access. Those databases tracking all your habits will obviously be insufficiently protected and hacked to allow break-ins and robberies (of high-value targets).
If the bosses of the Stasi had known the future of the US...