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Experts want Cars Fitted With Variable Maximum Speed Devices

posted by martyb on Tuesday October 04 2016, @07:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong? dept.

MostCynical writes:

International road safety experts are calling for all vehicles to be fitted with speed warning devices, and drivers who exceed the speed limit may find their accelerators disabled by devices that are being considered in Australia.

According to the experts "Driving too fast causes 1.25 million road traffic deaths a year globally, and is a major contributor to the 6.9 per cent increase in deaths on Australian roads to 1275 in the year ending August 31."

The road safety experts called for all European vehicles to be fitted with Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) devices. These use speed sign recognition and satellite information to warn drivers with sounds or message if they exceed the limit.

The council launched a campaign on YouTube to build support for ISA, saying it had a huge potential to save lives.

Some devices, which have already been integrated into some new models of Ford cars, have an override function that can stop speeding drivers from using the accelerator until they return to the speed limit.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/function-to-stop-speedsters-from-using-accelerator-the-way-to-cut-road-deaths-20160929-grrqox.html

Anyone want this fitted to their car? I can see problems...

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04 2016, @07:20AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04 2016, @07:20AM (#409844)

    Real life is about to become a lot more boring. Soon the cop shows will have to fake stuff even more than usual.

  • (Score: 2) by davester666 on Tuesday October 04 2016, @08:31AM

    by davester666 (155) on Tuesday October 04 2016, @08:31AM (#409870)

    No. People will figure out how to disable this shit. Oops, officer. Just like your dashcam, somehow the speed limiting system isn't working right. And here's the receipt from the shop I took it to last week, and they can't figure out why it's not working either.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04 2016, @08:55AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04 2016, @08:55AM (#409884)

      You see that axe buried in the thing, that's why it isn't working, son...