Not sure on this one I’m afraid. Whilst I have found references to the government considering the option, I’m yet to find out who’s actually working on the technology. I’ll put out some intelligence and keep you posted on what I get back.

do you know a name of a company which is developping this kind of limter?

thanks,

gal.

Thanks for the comment. I appreciate what you’re saying, but I find it hard to believe that a driver – unless excessively tired or otherwise extremely distracted – can’t tell the difference between doing 50 and 30 mph.

I maintain that road users need to drive at a speed appropriate to road conditions, which includes what others are doing, and how fast they are going (i.e. if everyone else is driving at a crawl, there may well be a good reason, so raging around like a maniac wouldn’t be appropriate).

Perhaps more importantly, do you really think people wouldn’t have to fork out for the system? (Probably) Hideously expensive, a waste of time and borne from a misunderstanding of the statistics.

A report by The Daily Mail shows that only one in 20 road accidents are caused by a driver breaking the speed limit:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-407521/Only-20-road-accidents-caused-breaking-speed-limit.html

A better driving education for all of us is the only worthwhile way forward. In modern cars, we feel safe and some people just drift along in their own little world…

It would be voluntary – so Gordon Brown isn’t going to come round our houses and force each and every one of us to have them installed, despite what the Daily Mail lead their readers to believe

You can turn it off – there’s a button on the steering wheel (just like cruise control) or there’s a kick down (just like an auto). I’ve seen a few people making comments such as “A lorry suddenly changed lanes and if I hadn’t accelerated away I wouldn’t be typing this comment”. Even with the system installed you could still do this.

It’s quite subtle – A reporter from BBC News drove a car with this system fitted which, as you approached a zone with a lower speed limit, gradually reduced the speed of your car. It doesn’t slam on the brakes as, for example, you go from a 50 into a 30.

My opinion of the system is that while driver education is by far the best option for making the roads a safer place, if I’m not having to pay quite so much attention to how fast I’m going I can pay more attention to what I and others are doing. Which can only be a good thing.