New proposed EU speeding law?

wba31

so when i go to France where the limit is 80 would such a device let me do 80?

what about the fact then when my speedo says 70 im really doing about 65?

Government make more money than just speeding fines from people who choose to do higher speeds, they use more fuel etc. I could understand a limit around 90/95, but 70 seems daft... especially with all the calls to up the british speed limit on motorways to 80

OddballJamie

wba31 wrote: »

so when i go to France where the limit is 80 would such a device let me do 80?

what about the fact then when my speedo says 70 im really doing about 65?

Government make more money than just speeding fines from people who choose to do higher speeds, they use more fuel etc. I could understand a limit around 90/95, but 70 seems daft... especially with all the calls to up the british speed limit on motorways to 80

Don't worry, they will find a way to make money out of it.
The wealthy can buy a permit to drive upto 100mph.

motorguy

interstellaflyer wrote: »

Why would it be dangerous? many vehicles are already limited to 70mph and wagons to 56mph and I set the limiter on my car to whatever the speed limit is on most roads I use.

Because if you were to pull out to pass a car that is doing say, 555 mph, then whilst it may be perfectly viable to blip past 70mph as part of that maneuvre you'll hit a limiter which will leave you (a) in the wrong lane longer than you need to be and (b) potentially in the path of an oncoming vehicle.

Gloomendoom

OddballJamie wrote: »

As Mankysteve pointed out, GPS isn't 100% accurate to which road you are travelling on.

It doesn't need to be if the limit is set to 70mph.

Gloomendoom

motorguy wrote: »

Because if you were to pull out to pass a car that is doing say, 555 mph, then whilst it may be perfectly viable to blip past 70mph as part of that maneuvre you'll hit a limiter which will leave you (a) in the wrong lane longer than you need to be and (b) potentially in the path of an oncoming vehicle.

You are going to need to be going a bit faster than 70 to pass that.

interstellaflyer

motorguy wrote: »

Because if you were to pull out to pass a car that is doing say, 555 mph, then whilst it may be perfectly viable to blip past 70mph as part of that maneuvre you'll hit a limiter which will leave you (b) potentially in the path of an oncoming vehicle.

But if it left you in the path of an on coming vehicle then you would be on single caridgeway where the maximum will be only 60mph, in that situation why would you need to blip past 70, in fact there should no rel reason for overtaking someone doing 55in a 60 other than impatience.

alastairq

Because if you were to pull out to pass a car that is doing say, 555 mph, then whilst it may be perfectly viable to blip past 70mph as part of that maneuvre you'll hit a limiter which will leave you (a) in the wrong lane longer than you need to be and (b) potentially in the path of an oncoming vehicle.

But, you legal speed limit is 60mph, is it not?

So either you are trying to justify why you should flout the Law of the land? [which won't stand up in a magistrate' Court]....or you are really saying, nothing changes from what it is now, if you intend to abide by the Law?

The Highway Code specifies the duties of a driver when considering overtaking a slower vehicle!

If one cannot comply with those simple duties, then thank goodness there is little in the way of enforcement in this country.

Otherwise there'd be an awful lot more mortgages being foreclosed on.

alastairq

Gloomendoom wrote: »

You are going to need to be going a bit faster than 70 to pass that.

One errant seagull would fettle it quickly enough.....

Moto2

Mankysteve wrote: »

Is not the first time this idea has been susgeted but its not really technical possible. For isn't when you a road along side a motor way sometimes you sanav will think your on the a road. There not yet accurate enough to be able to do what they want

OddballJamie wrote: »

As Mankysteve pointed out, GPS isn't 100% accurate to which road you are travelling on.

The mapping software in your Tomtom or whatever may well get it wrong, the GPS coordinate fix is consistently very accurate.
Surveyors use GPS theodolites for greater accuracy.

Strider590

This'll cause more accidents that is saves........

We have a country of idiots, people who accelerate when being overtaken, it's going to end up in 2 cars going over a blind hill side by side playing chicken.