Speed limiters and black boxes to be fitted to all new cars within three years

That bloke    on 25 February 2019

What's the point if it can be over-riden by a switch or the accelerator?

Eric van Spelde    on 26 February 2019

In what sort of parallel universe do these folks live? The number of times the GPS data suggest a speed limit of 50 km/h on a motorway where the actual limit is 120 or 130 km/h (or vice versa) suggest that you really DON'T want your car to act on them if you want to be safe.
Another instance of overreliance on technology that flies in the face of common sense. Do these people even have a license themselves?

Falkirk Bairn    on 26 February 2019

A local road to my home runs parallel to the M9 motorway for a mile or so - the distance between the local road & the motorway can be as little as 20 yards in a few places.
Recipe for disaster!

aaj    on 27 February 2019

Maybe if people stopped driving down my road (20mph limit) @ 40 mph there would be no need to limit the speed...

Palcouk    on 27 February 2019

Was it not MEP's decisions that led to 'DieselGate' and the decision to grant a manopoly to a single type of refrigerant used in vehicle climate sytems that is significantly more costly and prone to leaks.
At least one thing in life remains true, that we can always rely on polititions make a B*up that cost the consumer money.
Of course its not just MEP's, our polititions decreed that a driver found innocent of a parking missdemeaner cannot recover any costs in fighting his corner whilst parking authorities are allowed to increase fines if not paid within xx days

Rob Redhead    on 2 March 2019

Wait until a pre limiter vehicle rear ends a new vehicle or two that suddenly drop from 70 mph to 20 due to the Motorway running near a 20 mph road.

Mr Ian C McCall    on 10 March 2019

The comment above is spot on whenever MP's/MEP's get involved in anything you can well expect a disaster that will ultimately cost the consumer dearly. It may well be that speed control technology copes with the varying limits on our roads, it will be introduced at great expense on the price of a new car but ultimately it will not result is the massive reduction in road death predicted. The reason for that is knocking people down is due to driving without care and attention and pedestrians who are not aware of their environment. Until you fix that problem the road deaths will continue apace. In fact expect them to increase significantly as electric silent running cars and vans are introduced...

mike Bianchi    on 4 April 2019

So tell me what do the uninterested non enthusiasts continually impose ridiculous rules and restrictions on those of us that actually enjoy driving.

Surely better training and a proactive interest in what you are doing ie be proud of driving well, enjoy it and have respect for other road users.

Driving at 40 in a 30 yes needs to be punished, its dangerous but on an open road with nothing around is 70 really so bad. Punish the tail gaiters, mobile phone users, cutting in at the last minute, aggressive drivers. I drive in France and 50mph on an open road is so dull you switch off, there is simply nothing to command your interest. Speeding per say is not dangerous its speeding in the wrong situation that is.

The emphasis is totally misguided and does nothing to counter the above ie driving dangerously, its driving badly and dangerously that causes accidents.

It will actually make drivers into zombies

What a DULL DULL world it is going to be

Mike

conman    on 29 April 2019

You all have the answer in your hands don't buy a new car when the blackboxes and speedlimiters are fitted to new cars. If you can afford to buy a new car in the next 2 years, and keep it for at least 5 years. That way there should be hardly any new cars sold for the following 3 years.

On the other hand as these new cars will be 100% safe the government can have no reason not to raise the speed limits, maybe 100mph on the motorways as these cars are completely safe NOT.

Colin Moore    on 4 May 2019

How long will it be before drivers have to supply credit card details so they can be automatically fined whenever they need to override the speed limiter?

Harley Williams    on 19 February 2024

I was pleased to hear that the European Parliament's Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (soccer skills world cup) voted in favor of new mandatory safety standards for vehicles. The introduction of stricter crash testing and the implementation of speed limiters on all new cars is an important step towards improving road safety.