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[Lizzie Zoom]

This would be a pointless exercise as the age of the internal combustion engine for cars is coming to an end.  In 25 years time all new cars will be electric.

In the meantime why waste money on fitting technology to a car to restrict speed (which as a licence holder you have "agreed to" legally as a condition of holding a licence) when the cars so fitted are soon to be obsolete?  Electric cars will no doubt be driverless, so big brother will control everything the car does.

Finally, as Migv6 says, this is still a free country and so you should be free to choose if you are going to speed or not.  Or do we want a nanny state to tell us what to do now rather than in the future?

.......and to prove my point about all cars becoming electric:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40718892

 

[aaronjb]

Easily the worst news I've read in a while.

[LC0112G]

.......and to prove my point about all cars becoming electric:

The policy is all electric or hybrid. Hybrid = burns petrol to generate electricity to drive the motors. By that definition my omega is hybrid, it burns petrol to charge the battery and power the (heater blower fan) motor. Happy days

[Andy B]

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The fastest any car can legally travel in this country is 70mph, apart from overtaking for a short distance and, no doubt, a few other scenarios. Why can't cars sold in this country be limited to, say, 100mph? .

Because fast cars are safer  ....     https://youtu.be/KGkKDaYd3Mo

I knew the video was around somewhere .......

[Varche]

Of course here we are being all protective of our diesel or petrol cars when the reality is to cut pollution there will have to be a big reduction in car numbers. That will be popular.

Interesting video. I used to have an Anglia. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

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The fastest any car can legally travel in this country is 70mph, apart from overtaking for a short distance and, no doubt, a few other scenarios. Why can't cars sold in this country be limited to, say, 100mph? .

Because fast cars are safer  ....     https://youtu.be/KGkKDaYd3Mo

I knew the video was around somewhere .......

I remember this.

An Anglia would be the perfect car for STMO.

75 MPH on a good day and enough room on the back seat for a thermos flask, tartan picnic rug and whippet.

[New POD]

Soon, cars will "know" where they are and limit your speed based on GPS or RFI tags on the road signs.

I very rarely rarely achieve the speed limit in my 150 Mph car, because pessimitic regarding my life expectancy, were I to be involved in an accident, and because I actually seem to make faster progress, by being in the correct lane at the right time.

[Doctor Gollum]

So you're the sod ahead causing all the sudden braking with your random lane changes...