Posted on 04/28/2024 6:21:34 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Cars will beep, vibrate or slow down if drivers are speeding under new mandatory safety technology which comes into effect this summer.
From July 6, new vehicles sold in the European Union and Northern Ireland will be fitted with intelligent speed assistance (ISA) to prevent accidents.
Although the UK has opted out, meaning it will not be a requirement on British roads, the technology will still be installed in most cars, and drivers can choose to switch it off on a daily basis.
Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Foundation, an independent research organisation, told the Sunday Times: “I think many motorists will tire of switching off ISA and they will just learn to live with it.”
Mr Gooding said it would take autonomy away from drivers, with cars increasingly deciding what drivers can and can’t do, and said it was the beginning of the end of people choosing cars based on top speed.
ISA has a forward-facing camera that can recognise speed limit signs and is integrated with GPS mapping data so the car always knows what limit applies to its location.
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The Karen Has Your Testicles Act.
[Just have them explode when you speed. That will fix the problem.]
See? Now there’s a practical solution to the problem!
They should also explode if the carbon footprint grows too large.
(grin)
OTOH, if you could make the radio / CD player / MP3 player never work again after rap is played, then I could seriously support such a feature.......
Excellent point. Consider the frustration and road rage possibilities as speed controlled vehicles obstruct traffic flow and become rolling roadblocks, particularly when speed limits are unreasonably low. This is exactly what will happen when "full self driving" vehicles, which are programmed to perfectly obey speed laws, start to show up.
And GPS, which as we all know is perfect and error free, will be used to orchestrate the chaos. /s
As is the case now, if you tinker with the software, you can kiss your warranty goodbye.
We can not do it in America. Traffic courts and affiliated jurisdictions need the money!! Not to mention the jobs, thus tax revenue, lost from the manufacturing of radar guns, detectors, and unconstitutional speed and red light cameras.
And we’ll fahren fahren fahren ‘til the EU takes the T-bird away.
...except the black SUVs chauffeuring the politically connected around - those vehicles will come with the “emergency responder” package that don’t have limiters.
Cars will beep, vibrate
More women speeders then men?.
Using vibration to shake the car, creating resonance and the car subsequently blowing up. What a great idea.
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