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[STEMO]

Watching traffic cops on CH5, trying to catch a golf that's doing 150 on the motorway and up to 80-90 round the streets of Bradford. Futile.
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? What use to an every day driver is 150mph?
Police cars, of course, would not be limited.

[JamesV6CDX]

Agreed for the most to be honest

I think manufacturers should just fit something to cars so police can turn them off with a remote control in the event they fail to stop

[ronnyd]

The technology must be there to do that James, but some lawyer will come along to bleat about civil liberties etc.

[STEMO]

Even my poxy 1.4 astra will do over 100, why?

[Viral_Jim]

The technology must be there to do that James, but some lawyer will come along to bleat about civil liberties etc.

That and it'll take scrotes about a week to figure out how it's done and then start doing it for sh!ts and giggles. 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Because we still live in a partially free country. So we have the right to break the law, and the powers that be have the right to punish us if we get caught. Thas how a free society works.

[STEMO]

The technology must be there to do that James, but some lawyer will come along to bleat about civil liberties etc.

That and it'll take scrotes about a week to figure out how it's done and then start doing it for sh!ts and giggles. 

They could still be limited though.

[Doctor Gollum]

Agreed for the most to be honest

I think manufacturers should just fit something to cars so police can turn them off with a remote control in the event they fail to stop

That would have unintended consequences.

Cars in Japan are all limited to something like 130kmh...

[Sir Tigger KC]

A plonker of a White Van Man pulled out in front of me on the M49 today to overtake the car in front, but of course his van was limited to 60mph and the car he was trying to overtake sped up to 60mph and then sat there..... 

So if vans were limited to 100mph that would be a good thing IMO.     

[Varche]

Wont be long before the speed you drive, acceleration is logged and charged. Speeding will be a think your dad did. Ironically the technology might, just might, then allow faster cruising speed.

Enjoy the speed and freedom while you can.

[Mister Rog]

Watching traffic cops on CH5, trying to catch a golf that's doing 150 on the motorway and up to 80-90 round the streets of Bradford. Futile.
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? What use to an every day driver is 150mph?
Police cars, of course, would not be limited.

I've been batting on about this for ages. A few points.

1. Ego. People (blokes!) like the ability even if they never use it. Just having the badge on the back

2. Germans. With autobahns, some of which still have no speed limit, and the German car industry being such a global influence. If cars were not stupidly fast there would be little reason to buy a high end BM or Merc or whatever.

3. Genitals. Blokes drive with their cocks not with their brains

There ya go . . . .

[Mr Gav]

Watching traffic cops on CH5, trying to catch a golf that's doing 150 on the motorway and up to 80-90 round the streets of Bradford. Futile.
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? What use to an every day driver is 150mph?
Police cars, of course, would not be limited.

The best thing that can be done for Bradford is to flatten the place along with 80% of it`s inhabitants and start again 

It`s not a place I ever take my car, way too many people driving uninsured and just do a runner in the event of an accident and most are never caught 

[Varche]

The traffic cop programmes should be banned too as no one ever seems to be suitably punished.

Jeremy Kyle for blokes.....

[78bex]

The car makers can then add  another premium to the right hand drive cars 

Any retired folks would have an OAP plate  deffo stay off the roads during peak hours.

Unemployed folks still takin the michael after 12 months, get to swop their cars for a bike.
They will also qualify for a bus pass, to be used for job seekin only 

There you go, I`ve just sorted traffic congestion & the long term unemployed.
while we`re at it, second & third cars owned by a family will automatically qualify for higher VED rates if they buy diesel powered cars

Dead easy  that`s the air quality issue solved too .........next 

[aaronjb]

I think manufacturers should just fit something to cars so police can turn them off with a remote control in the event they fail to stop

You'll love that when someone other than the police turns it off! And don't say "It'll be secure" because, well.. have you looked at the Internet lately?

Actually the technology already exists, I believe, in current OnStar vehicles, and has already been compromised. Ah, yes: https://www.wired.com/2015/09/gm-took-5-years-fix-full-takeover-hack-millions-onstar-cars/

For the short of attention span: GM took 5 years to stop a criminal being able to remotely activate the brakes & transmission and, y'know, potentially kill you.

The technology must be there to do that James, but some lawyer will come along to bleat about civil liberties etc.

That and it'll take scrotes about a week to figure out how it's done and then start doing it for sh!ts and giggles. 

See above I particularly like the fact that the researchers followed responsible disclosure (full disclosure: this stuff is my job) and GM effectively ignored them until someone went public, four years later. Of course, it's possible that GM were told to ignore it by, say, the US intelligence service, because you'd never see the NSA sitting on unpublished 0-days for.. oh, wait, you do.