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  • Great Britain: Satellites on speeders (Motorcycles' engine to be cut off via satellite - cars next)

    08/09/2006 10:22:31 PM PDT · by Stoat · 56 replies · 1,293+ views
    The Sun (U.K.) ^ | Aukgust 10, 2006 | GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON
      EXCLUSIVE Satellites on speeders Go slow ... bikers face brake     By GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON Political Editor SPEEDING bikers are to have their throttles shut down by SATELLITE, it was revealed last night. But motorcycle experts have condemned the spy-in-the-sky move as “lethally dangerous”. Riders breaking the speed limit will receive two warnings before their throttle is cut, leaving them without power. Roads minister Stephen Ladyman — a former boy racer — will endorse the controversial plan today. But one expert who trialled the Intelligent Speed Adaptation bike for the government, warned: “This will have profoundly dangerous consequences.”  ...