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Speed Limiting Cars
mudmuncher:
After reading all the fors and against limiters being fitted I still think its a great idea.
For one reason only.......... Then Golly, my little 1000cc mini would beable to keep up with all the big boys :clap: :clap: :clap:
Lord Shagg-Pyle:
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--- Quote from: pux on December 31, 2008, 11:34:06 ---i think it will never be forced on us by the government think of all the money they would lose if no one was caught speeding :roll:
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Cynic :lol:
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Tsk tsk tsk! :roll: Cynic is such a dirty word! Try 'realist' instead! :twisted:
Range Rover Blues:
--- Quote from: nellyscossy on December 31, 2008, 09:09:48 ---
statistics say that of all road deaths on our roads less than a third are caused by excess speed
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In fact the Gov't own statistics state that in 1/3 of all road accidents exfess speed is a factor and of those 5% are caused by loss of control due to excess speed.
Sp 1.6% of accidents are caused by speed and another 32%ish are casued by stupidity but could have been avoided/less severe if people were teavelling less quickly.
Thereofre 65% of accidents have nothing whatsoever to do with speeding :-k
The gov't also claims that speed cameras have single handedly lead to a reduction in road accidents, they give no credit whatsoever to improved road design, improved car safety/handling/braking or to the increasing standard demended of new drivers on the road.
Tha said the rate of reduction of raod accidents has slowed if not stalled since they decided to replace real coppers with cameras and that is by far the most telling story
carbore:
Expect "black boxes" before this, the technology for this is really really cheap, in fact your sat nav can already do it and your ECU knows enough about your driving to do EBD etc so adding some RAM on a loop would be easy.
Expect insurance discounts if you have one or some EU legislation. Speed limiting would be a step to far and hard to implement (Eg. how would my track day car cope?)
I agree the HGV limiting issue is an interesting argument but so is the fact that Tiredness is a factor in lots of night time accidents yet "driving through the night" gets hero status but driving whilst having two pints, rightly gives you plonker status, yet all night diving is worse than "minor" drink drive issues (I believe). So why do only HGV have Tachos and Hours limits etc.
littlepow:
--- Quote from: carbore on December 31, 2008, 22:42:25 --- Expect insurance discounts if you have one or some EU legislation. Speed limiting would be a step to far and hard to implement (Eg. how would my track day car cope?)
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This style of speed limiting is already fitted to the new skyline. It can tell when you have entered a race track and removed the power and speed limiter on the vehicle. This is done via the gps system having a location database of every track, so theoretically it could be updated for this country too!
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