European Union mandates speed limiters on all new cars to enhance road safety

[ZedRM]

There are things the EU does that are wonderful, Then there are things like this which do not amuse.

No effing thank you EU.

 

[wiyosaya]

I can already see some situations where this could cause issues - its pretty common for major highways to have access roads running parallel to the highway, with much lower speed limits. I have had GPS mistakenly think I was on the access road when I was in fact on the highway before; it is easily to see this sort system making the same mistake and trying to make you slow down when that would be downright dangerous on many highways.

Don't worry. They will fix it - after someone gets killed.

 

[MasoxCZ]

The problem Is that IT just DOESN'T WORK.
Signage reading not only often ignores the signs, IT sometimes interprets them completely Wrong. Like 130km/h when the actual sign says 30.
Map data Are constantly out of date And noone bothers to enter temporary signage at road construction sites. And when they do, they don't remove it when the construction ends, So if you use that piece od crap, you either crawl at 50 on 130 limit, or worse, speed 130 at 30 limit.
It's completely effed up. Like most of the out-of-reality european directives of the maoist commisars. One has to wonder how often they do drugs. Or how often they don't.

 

[dcnc123]

Imagine doing an overtake on a two way lane and the system enforces you and says, Hey you can't go past the speed limit.

It's a battle now between making the maneuver in time with your "new speed limit" and hope you don't crash on the approaching lane or you end up braking as hard as you can and expect things to go well.

 

[MasoxCZ]

Don't worry. They will fix it - after someone gets killed.

No, they won't. They will issue a directive fór update. It will not allow you to drive at more than 50, no matter what.

 

[MasoxCZ]

We already have those in Serbia - it's called shitty roads. Much cheaper to implement too!

Fun fact: not only it's cheaper, it also actually works as intended.

 

[MasoxCZ]

The implementation of speed limiters is long overdue. As someone who lives in an urban centre, vehicle noise, from aggressive acceleration to tire noise of oversized vehicles, should be curbed as much as possible.

As for highway driving, minimizing the variance, that is everyone driving at the same speed (I.e. 90-100km/h) is far safer that having the risky overtaking from one lane to the next to only get ahead by a few seconds.

Obviously noone has informed you that this crap doesn't solve your urban issues.
And regarding those highway issues ... thé problem Is it mostly doesn't work And Will kill you even easier than speeding.

 

[MasoxCZ]

I'm fine with this too. I have been in 25 car crashes. Im not even that old yet lol, under 40. Half of these were in a taxi, being hit by others. It was proven too, by cameras and the police. The other ones were while I was with friends or family, not speeding or anything. Every single issue I have was because of people driving way too fast. Too fast to react on time. Some were drunk while speeding. It's not a joke that my country is one of the leading ones in Europe with the most dead on the streets. It's a war zone out here. I also saw MANY times motorbikes crashing into kids, moms, stores... driving with 150. They often die too. Always under 30... Dying that young is insane to me. What is this? The middle ages?!

Honestly, if you drive with that much inside a city, 25 years of jail time. Is it bad? What's worse? Dying VS 25 years of jail? You pick, but something has to be done. People don't smart up. It's a major issue worldwide too.

P.s. My aunt got hit by a car 2 times, I was hit by a car 3 times, my body.. not while I was seated inside a car (1 time when I was 13 btw!!) my best friend got hit, my teacher got hit, my cousin got hit... should I go on? It's very common.

Wait, Russia Is Europe only geographically.

 

[dziao]

There is already to many control. Speed cameras, stupid speed limits on nice roads and now more stupid controls in cars. what next? Police will send you fines regarding to your gps automatically? In my driving career I have driven more than 1.2mln kilometers, always speeding and never had car accident

 

[Puiu]

Those immigrants are there to start trouble to make the sheep let the government have more control of their lives for the appearance of safety. All you have to do is look at things the EU governing body says to understand they want total control of everything in you life..including how long you live.

Oh boy, it's so bad that they want their citizens to live longer! How dare they limit the amount of sugar in our cans of soda!

 

[Puiu]

Pushing back against the accelerator and or vibrating is about as overly intrusive as you can get. This is just more pointless legislation made by empty fancy suits sitting in nice chairs.

It's the same thing as when cars auto break now when they detect an obstacle or person jumping in front. I've seen people avoiding a hit because of this. my brother's car has this.

 

[alexnode]

I am OK having alerts... but not messing with the pedals. There are cases that you can avoid a collision by going faster .

 

[mbk34]

I live in a peaceful area by a park where kids ride along on bicycles etc. The speed limit is 20mph (30kph) but a couple of times a day we'll get folk driving along at 60mph+. I had speed bumps put in after a lad was killed outside my house. It doesn't stop the *****s though and you'll regularly see their cars lifting off completely on the bumps. Occasionally they crash into trees or lampposts. It doesn't seem to stop them though or perhaps there's just an endless supply of idi0ts out there. We even had one go straight through a brick wall into a neighbours garden - the car was upside down, the driver naked and high on drugs! Go figure.

I'm not sure that adding extra safety "features" like beeps makes any difference to these people. Actually removing all the safety features like seat belts, airbags and laminated windscreens might quickly reduce the numbers of idi0ts on the road.

 

[CBTex]

If you think they will stop at just a warning system, you are fooling yourself. This is just the firs step. Get the people to agree to warning systems and then they won't complain as much when your car has a hard speed limiter.

 

[nitebird]

People seem to be reacting without reading the article. You can still turn it off when you start your car. If you are too drunk to remember to do that, it may be a good thing to have it.

 

[Nelson28]

It sounds like a good thing for safety - fewer people speeding means fewer accidents. But I can see how the constant warnings could get annoying for drivers. Also, is it really taking away too much driver control? And will it actually make that big a difference on gas mileage?

 

[Eflow]

Americans when they learn about cars enforcing existing speed limits:

"The nanny state strikes again!"

Americans when their supreme court declares that presidents have near-absolute immunity to criminal charges:

"This is fine"

 

[ferrellsl]

I can seen an entire cottage industry popping up where drivers will pay a fee to have this governor/limiter disabled. The more tech savvy drivers will just do it themselves.

 

[TheSRC]

I'm ok with this. It's not overly intrusive and I see way too many people who have no idea what speed they are going at since they barely look at their dashboard.

Nope, hard pass! This is just the 1st step. Eventually, more "this is for your own good" restrictions will be added. Why stop here! How about adding a breath check to make sure you haven't had a drink otherwise the car won't start. We should also add an option that disables the car if it detects your seatbelt has been unbuckled. Throw in a feature that reports the driver to the local constable for not ensuring every occupant is buckled up and we have a bingo, and so on and so on. This is why we can't have nice things. How about instead of focusing on forcing car companies to add intrusive features in cars we instead work on lowering taxes, make healthcare more affordable and address the housing crisis. Solve those things 1st and get back to me on the car issue.

 

[wizardB]

This is the kind of bull that happens when you have a basically unelected body who rules by decree, Where a few elites decide what you can eat, where you can drive and soon how long you will live. All this crap is coming to a country near you unless you fight back against the leftwing nutters pushing it.

 

[ZedRM]

Americans when they learn about cars enforcing existing speed limits:

"The nanny state strikes again!"

Americans when their supreme court declares that presidents have near-absolute immunity to criminal charges:

"This is fine"

Cute. Lacking, but cute.

 

[Puiu]

Nope, hard pass! This is just the 1st step. Eventually, more "this is for your own good" restrictions will be added. Why stop here! How about adding a breath check to make sure you haven't had a drink otherwise the car won't start. We should also add an option that disables the car if it detects your seatbelt has been unbuckled. Throw in a feature that reports the driver to the local constable for not ensuring every occupant is buckled up and we have a bingo, and so on and so on. This is why we can't have nice things. How about instead of focusing on forcing car companies to add intrusive features in cars we instead work on lowering taxes, make healthcare more affordable and address the housing crisis. Solve those things 1st and get back to me on the car issue.

I'm ok with this being the first step if it helps save lives from ***** drivers.

 

[wizardB]

Americans when they learn about cars enforcing existing speed limits:

"The nanny state strikes again!"

Americans when their supreme court declares that presidents have near-absolute immunity to criminal charges:

"This is fine"

It's obvious you don't understand the ruling and you have no idea what freedom means.

 

[Greg Powell]

10mph over posted (car/motorcycle) "forced" not a reminder. All posted stops "forced" not a reminder. Give us that and I'm good. That's how responsible people drive anyways.

 

[MasoxCZ]

It sounds like a good thing for safety - fewer people speeding means fewer accidents. But I can see how the constant warnings could get annoying for drivers. Also, is it really taking away too much driver control? And will it actually make that big a difference on gas mileage?

Not really, unfortunatelly. More assistant systems means less alert drivers. Significant percentage of accidents are not caused by speed itself, but more like state of alertness inadequate to actual speed.