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Ford's new car will force you to obey the speed limit
engadget ^
| March 24, 2015
| Daniel Cooper
Posted on 03/24/2015 12:52:24 PM PDT by C19fan
Much as we'd like to emulate our NASCAR heroes, breaking the speed limit often comes at a price. Ford is hoping to prevent accidents and speeding tickets by introducing cars that can see what the speed limit is and preventing heavy-footed motorists from driving any faster. Ford's Intelligent Speed Limiter tech will first appear on the new Ford S-Max that's launching in Europe that could just change the way that we drive.
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KEYWORDS: cars; ford
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/src on/Can't wait for the NHTSA to mandate this./src off/
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posted on
03/24/2015 12:52:24 PM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
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posted on
03/24/2015 12:52:58 PM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
To: C19fan
I believe that this is likely to cause quite a few rear-end collisions.
To: C19fan
I see a field day for attorneys on so many fronts its staggering....
To: C19fan
I’m surprised it’s taken this long.
To: C19fan
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posted on
03/24/2015 12:54:35 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: C19fan
Until the first car that gets in an accident because it could not accelerate. They should crowd source their ideas before they announce them.
To: C19fan
The cops and prosecutors will never allow a huge stream of income from speeding tickets go away.
To: C19fan
OK, so I am on a road with a speed limit of 60. I want to pass a car that is fluctuating between 55-58.
This is a disaster waiting to happen.
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posted on
03/24/2015 12:56:27 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
("The Christian who has stopped repenting has stopped growing." A.W. Pink)
To: C19fan
Has Ford ever steered us wrong before?
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posted on
03/24/2015 12:56:35 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(It takes a gun to feed a village (and an AK 47 to defend it).)
To: C19fan
In some areas you can be ticket for impeding traffic even if you are driving the speed limit.
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posted on
03/24/2015 12:56:54 PM PDT
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: C19fan
It is just a matter of time before the insurance industry butts their nose in and demands that ALL cars have this technology. But the cities dependent on traffic ticket revenues are gonna hate it.
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posted on
03/24/2015 12:57:18 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(True followers of Christ emulate Christ. True followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.)
To: C19fan
computers can not think out of the box...safe drivers must ..
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posted on
03/24/2015 12:57:33 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: jsanders2001
I see a field day for attorneys on so many fronts its staggering....
Exactly. And then there is the loss of income to cities and towns from speeding tickets...
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posted on
03/24/2015 12:57:51 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: C19fan
I remember the good ol’ days before eighteen wheelers had governors that limited their speed. You never found yourself behind two semis for ten minutes while one tried to pass the other.
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posted on
03/24/2015 12:58:01 PM PDT
by
optiguy
(If government is the answer, it was a stupid question.)
To: C19fan; Nachum; Slings and Arrows; GeronL
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posted on
03/24/2015 12:58:43 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: C19fan
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posted on
03/24/2015 12:58:48 PM PDT
by
SuperSonic
(If I had a dog it would look like the one Obama ate!)
To: C19fan
this will CAUSE accidents by preventing needed speed in accident avoidance.
Also nobody will buy this “bib mommy” BS. (perhaps the European eunuchs or NYC effetes)
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posted on
03/24/2015 12:59:06 PM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: C19fan
On the freeways I drive here in SOCAL, if you drive the speed limit (generally 65mph), you’ll get run over.
To: optiguy
I love it when semi’s sit in the left lane...
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