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against "Speeding", is for all new cars to be fitted with speed limiters that detect the posted speed limits via a GPS signal....and /..or cameras that read signposts....


Hmmmm no mention of making dawdlers achieve a speed limit though....

and what will the councils and government do, to compensate for the loss of revenue from speeding infringements?

on one local (normally 70) parkway, there are 50 mph signs a mile-ish further on a national sign.(70)... 50 feet -ish further on a "A" board saying 50... speed limit for safety reasons

wish they would make up their minds!! on another parkway that recently had a 50 limit(now reverted to 70..) there is a solitary 50 roadworks type sign....

Is there anything taking into account the need to suddenly accelerate to get out of danger?

Yes it is quite possible to do that in the same way you suddenly press down on the accelerator when using speed control.

Okay thanks, as Bob says though councils will hate it due to lack of ill-gotten gains from tickets.

Money from speeding fines goes to the consolidated fund. In other words, the Government's bank account.

From there it is generally passed on as grants to the Department for Transport - not directly to local councils or police forces.

Sorry those that be will miss the monies...

Here's a revolutionary idea; how about people with red flags walking in front of each car

Did I hear someone mention red flags and revolutions?

Never thought of it that way :-D

Let's turn the hammer and sickle into ploughshares

A far better idea

Many lorries are already governed.

Not for much longer if we don't have a government.

You'll have a Government it's just how much it pretends to act for the people and not it's own pleasure.

..or pockets!...

yeah lorries are governed, for a maximum speed.....

not to react to every speed limit change without a driver action..

"What have I got in my pocket?" he said aloud. He was talking to himself, but Gollum thought it was a riddle, and he was frightfully upset.
"Not fair! not fair!" he hissed. "It isn't fair, my precious, is it, to ask us what it's got in it's nassty little pocketsess?”

The Gollum Government....the title has quite a 'ring' to it

Don't go "Lording" it over us Allan with all your literally quotes :-)

My apologies, Caroline, I must have picked up a 'virus' from another poster; not that that person has yet added to this thread ;-) :-D

Sorry to be so disappointing folks, but, having three grandchildren who all sometimes get around urban areas on their bikes, I think speed limiters is a brilliant idea.

In addition to this, I know of someone who was knocked off his bike, suffered injuries that mean he can no longer drive and, so, his prospects of ever working (or living) in outlying and country villages are zilch because he needs a good transport system to be able to continue in a job he loves.

I have also witnessed someone being knocked of his bike on a country road - minor injuries luckily but if it scared the living day lights out of me (because I didn't know the state of the rider), imagine what it was like for the cyclist and driver.

You'll realise why I stand behind the proposal.