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

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: 1, Troll) by janrinok on Wednesday October 05 2016, @07:15AM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 05 2016, @07:15AM (#410519) Journal

    Well, what do I know? I just dialled it and got unobtainable. Oh, I must be wrong.

    It might work in major cities in this country, but it sure as hell does nothing here where I live. That's probably why they don't advertise it then....

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  • (Score: 1) by Francis on Wednesday October 05 2016, @09:48PM

    by Francis (5544) on Wednesday October 05 2016, @09:48PM (#410847)

    You seriously dialed 911 in order to verify that it doesn't work in your part of the world?

    Are you fucking stupid? I mean seriously, what would have happened if it had been hooked up in your part of the country? Oh, gee, I'm sorry, I had to be right on the internet.

    • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday October 06 2016, @06:59AM

      by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 06 2016, @06:59AM (#410999) Journal

      A simple 'sorry, wrong number' is all it takes. Are you that frightened of the world outside your own home?

      Are you fucking stupid?

      No.

      what would have happened if it had been hooked up in your part of the country?

      Oh, I expect a SWAT team would have been despatched, the local militia mobilised, and we'd have gone to a high state of nuclear readiness... Oh, sorry, those sort of things don't happen here. I would have explained it was in incorrect dialling (after all, it is not a listed number here) and we would have wished each other a good day; and our lives would have gone on unchanged.

      I had to be right on the internet.

      No, I merely wished to demonstrate that you were wrong. The world does not revolve around the USA and how things work there. If Americans travelling the world expect every phone to accept 911, the dollar to be a usable currency in the shops, and our steaks to be the size of half a cow, they will be very saddened by the experience of new countries.

  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday October 06 2016, @07:07AM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 06 2016, @07:07AM (#411002) Journal

    Francis, it's probably best you don't mark replies to your comments as 'Trolls' simply because you don't like them. Don't forget, I work here :)

    A civilised conversation is more than adequate to make a point. Dialling 911 might work in many places outside the CONUS, but don't rely on it if you leave home. Learn the culture of the country that you are visiting and I can guarantee that your stay will be much more enjoyable. Most of Europe will respond to '12', and operators are usually quite happy to cope with different languages.