Mandatory speed limiters due on all cars within three years

drunkmonkey · 22-02-2019 09:41PM #1

All new cars sold in the EU are set to be fitted with mandatory speed limiters within three years, after a key group of MEPs approved the fitment of a wide range of safety measures for new cars.
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/103530/mandatory-speed-limiters-due-on-all-cars-within-three-years

Kinda think we should get out of Europe now with the Brits.

mloc123 · 22-02-2019 09:47PM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Kinda think we should get out of Europe now with the Brits.

Britain are leaving Europe? How are they gonna manage that?

wonski · 22-02-2019 09:49PM

mloc123 wrote: »

Britain are leaving Europe? How are they gonna manage that?

They are moving to Asia. Somewhere with good take aways

TrailerBob · 22-02-2019 10:06PM

Yeah, a lad up the road got the contract, 1500 JCBs on hire for the job

fricatus · 22-02-2019 10:06PM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Kinda think we should get out of Europe now with the Brits.

If you want to live somewhere lawless and poor, Albania’s not that far. And the weather is better.

Anyway, bring it on - I make an effort to obey the speed limits now ever since I got my first (and hopefully last) penalty points. I’m sick of fcukers hanging on my bumper when I’m going as fast as I legally can. Go to a track if you want to speed. The roads are there for everyone to get from A to B on, not for idiots to dick about, thinking they’re Sebastian Loeb.

TrailerBob · 22-02-2019 10:08PM

Speed limiters won't stop tailgating.. but the tech is there to stop it with adaptive cruise control. Car could automatically slow when within a certain distance of the car in front. No reason to not do it that I can see

22-02-2019 10:09PM

Not a chance of this being introduced.

Atlantic Dawn · 22-02-2019 10:11PM

Will make overtaking fun, expect deaths to rise by the hundred.

Leonard Hofstadter · 22-02-2019 10:14PM

They can be overriden, it says in the article you just have to press a switch to disable them but you have to do it every time you start the car. Even when it is in force, if you press the accelerator fully down it will be temporarily disabled so you can still overtake safely.

SEPT 23 1989 · 22-02-2019 10:16PM

The sooner the robots are driving the better

The joy of motoring is long dead

LillySV · 22-02-2019 10:20PM

fricatus wrote: »

If you want to live somewhere lawless and poor, Albania’s not that far. And the weather is better.

Anyway, bring it on - I make an effort to obey the speed limits now ever since I got my first (and hopefully last) penalty points. I’m sick of fcukers hanging on my bumper when I’m going as fast as I legally can. Go to a track if you want to speed. The roads are there for everyone to get from A to B on, not for idiots to dick about, thinking they’re Sebastian Loeb.

Shur why don’t ya stick to public transport so if you find it so bad.

If u do decide to stick with driving then see how u like it when your trying to pass someone and they decide to up the speed as your in the middle of passing... stuck beside them and a car coming your way... I’m sure you’ll be a big fan of speed limiter then

TCM · 22-02-2019 10:23PM

Sandra Brief Commando wrote:

Not a chance of this being introduced.

Thankfully.

colm_mcm · 22-02-2019 10:25PM

AutoExpress is not to be trusted, it’s the like the daily mail for cars.

LillySV · 22-02-2019 10:31PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

AutoExpress is not to be trusted, it’s the like the daily mail for cars.

I hope your right... eu is treating its citizens like children... they’re taking away more of our rights each year... all for our good of course...

pa990 · 22-02-2019 10:33PM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

All new cars sold in the EU are set to be fitted with mandatory speed limiters within three years, after a key group of MEPs approved the fitment of a wide range of safety measures for new cars.
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/103530/mandatory-speed-limiters-due-on-all-cars-within-three-years

Kinda think we should get out of Europe now with the Brits.

My car has a limiter already.

155mph

colm_mcm · 22-02-2019 10:34PM

LillySV wrote: »

I hope your right... eu is treating its citizens like children... they’re taking away more of our rights each year... all for our good of course...

Blah blah, straight bananas

blackbox · 22-02-2019 10:37PM

I had a car with a speed limiter. You could set it whatever speed you chose.

It had a safety feature that if you floored the pedal it would be overridden.

It wasn't terrible, but not something i'd choose from the options list.

demanufactured · 22-02-2019 10:45PM

Citroen already have these...

the_pen_turner · 22-02-2019 10:49PM

my van has an adjustable limiter. its great. i set it to 50 for driving around towns or cities.

Ning · 22-02-2019 10:59PM

Great news

22-02-2019 11:01PM

blackbox wrote: »

I had a car with a speed limiter. You could set it whatever speed you chose.

It had a safety feature that if you floored the pedal it would be overridden.

It wasn't terrible, but not something i'd choose from the options list.

The speed limiter on my car is great! I get on the M7 roadworks and set the speedlimiter, so I don't go over 60kph as it's actually very easy to go over it when the road is quiet. Avoid the points from the speed vans that are a permanent fixture.

V8 Interceptor · 22-02-2019 11:01PM

fricatus wrote: »

bring it on - I make an effort to obey the speed limits.

Is that you Simon?

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/bring-it-on-simon-harris-taunting-his-critics-ahead-of-no-confidence-motion-37834910.html

Isambard · 22-02-2019 11:21PM

my car has a limiter which I never use, preferring the cruise control. My Bro-in-law's car which lives at our house has speed sign recognition, simple matter to join all the elements together .

I welcome it anyway, most cars I encounter are under the limit anyway.

Del2005 · 23-02-2019 05:07AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

All new cars sold in the EU are set to be fitted with mandatory speed limiters within three years, after a key group of MEPs approved the fitment of a wide range of safety measures for new cars.
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/103530/mandatory-speed-limiters-due-on-all-cars-within-three-years

Kinda think we should get out of Europe now with the Brits.

How will this work on the 80km/h roads with grass up the middle? Plenty of places where doing the speed limit is too fast so it's not really much use, but does make it look like something is being done.

Phileas Frog · 23-02-2019 10:20AM

Del2005 wrote: »

How will this work on the 80km/h roads with grass up the middle? Plenty of places where doing the speed limit is too fast so it's not really much use, but does make it look like something is being done.

It's a maximum speed limit, not a target

Isambard · 23-02-2019 11:07AM

Del2005 wrote: »

How will this work on the 80km/h roads with grass up the middle? Plenty of places where doing the speed limit is too fast so it's not really much use, but does make it look like something is being done.

it doesn't make you travel at the limit, it merely stops you going over it.

blackbox · 23-02-2019 11:09AM

Del2005 wrote: »

How will this work on the 80km/h roads with grass up the middle? Plenty of places where doing the speed limit is too fast so it's not really much use, but does make it look like something is being done.

I have it on good authority that the EU are already testing cameras that can detect grass and feed back to a speed controller.

Clareman · 23-02-2019 11:11AM

My BMW has this already, there's a limit on the cruise control and there's also a warning if you go over a certain speed which you can set

Damien360 · 23-02-2019 11:12AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

All new cars sold in the EU are set to be fitted with mandatory speed limiters within three years, after a key group of MEPs approved the fitment of a wide range of safety measures for new cars.
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/103530/mandatory-speed-limiters-due-on-all-cars-within-three-years

Kinda think we should get out of Europe now with the Brits.

I can't read that article without hearing a pro Brexit person screaming "look what the EU wants us to do now".

uck51js9zml2yt · 23-02-2019 11:12AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

The sooner the robots are driving the better

The joy of motoring is long dead

I drove from Kerry to Dublin this week. Put on the cruise control. It was a joy to drive up and down for the day.:)

My car also has a limiter. Handy in those 50 kmh zones.

vectra · 23-02-2019 11:15AM

My car has cruise/speed limiter/and trafic sign recognition.
I read an article that the facelift model Mondeo due soon will have an auto speed limiter system.

Mandatory speed limiters due on all cars within three years

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