Satellite controlled governors for the sheep mobiles

[buckthesystem]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.j.../mnspeed115.xml

Drivers could have speed limited by satellite devices

Last Updated: 12:01am BST 15/09/2008

Drivers could have their speed controlled by satellite to stop them from breaking the limit following a Government trial of new technology.

Cars fitted with the system would have their speed automatically monitored by satellites, which would also be programmed with the speed limits for different roads.

The Department for Transport says the installation of the Intelligent Speed Adaptation system would be voluntary

A motorist who tried to accelerate beyond the speed limit would find the system stopping the car from going any faster or issuing a warning instructing them to slow down.

The Department for Transport is set to back the system known as Intelligent Speed Adaptation. It follows lengthy trials conducted in Leeds in where cars have been fitted with the sophisticated satellite navigation system.

The Department for Transport said that the installation of the technology would be voluntary, but it is already in talks with the motor industry over how it could be made available for those who wanted to buy it.

Three types of the technology could be made available.

advertisementThe first, known as "advisory", would stop short of actually slowing the car down and would instead issue a voice alert reminding the motorist what the speed limit is.

A second version would either apply the brakes or cut the fuel supply to the engine, slowing it down to the speed limit, but a driver would be able to override the system

[O'Dannyboy]

I think I've driven a vehicle that had a buzzer that went off when you exceeded a certain speed but it did not adjust itself to the roadway. I don't necessarily speed constantly but I do often find that I need to exceed the speed limit in order to pass someone or to get out from within a cluster of cars all doing the same speed. The higher the speed the more room I like to have between me and other vehicles.

What if vehicles sensed the speed limit and a buzzer went off, say for 60 seconds, after the vehicle exceeded the speed limit. 60 seconds should be plenty time to pass anyone. Make it 2 minutes to nice. Perhaps after two minutes the buzzer went off and perhaps sent a signal to the police that vehicle x was speeding. It's not really monitoring since the signal would not be sent by the car unless certain requirements had been met.

As far as I am concerned the only way this might have any appeal is if insurance companies offered discounts for having the system on board. I would not want the police to have any control over my vehicle as such devices would likely be easy to "hack" or manipulate by people other than law enforcement. I don't want to be tracked or monitored either. But if the vehicle had a system that would "rat you out" if you broke the law then it might not be so bad.

[Larry 2]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.j.../mnspeed115.xml

Drivers could have speed limited by satellite devices

Last Updated: 12:01am BST 15/09/2008

Drivers could have their speed controlled by satellite to stop them from breaking the limit following a Government trial of new technology.

Cars fitted with the system would have their speed automatically monitored by satellites, which would also be programmed with the speed limits for different roads.

The Department for Transport says the installation of the Intelligent Speed Adaptation system would be voluntary

A motorist who tried to accelerate beyond the speed limit would find the system stopping the car from going any faster or issuing a warning instructing them to slow down.

The Department for Transport is set to back the system known as Intelligent Speed Adaptation. It follows lengthy trials conducted in Leeds in where cars have been fitted with the sophisticated satellite navigation system.

The Department for Transport said that the installation of the technology would be voluntary, but it is already in talks with the motor industry over how it could be made available for those who wanted to buy it.

Three types of the technology could be made available.

advertisementThe first, known as "advisory", would stop short of actually slowing the car down and would instead issue a voice alert reminding the motorist what the speed limit is.

A second version would either apply the brakes or cut the fuel supply to the engine, slowing it down to the speed limit, but a driver would be able to override the system

[buckthesystem]

But if the vehicle had a system that would "rat you out" if you broke the law then it might not be so bad.

Did I read this right? You WANT to be ratted out?

[buckthesystem]

I guess the reason you put this news under World News discussing world events relating to believers is because Christians seem to believe we are above the law and can speed when we see it justified in our own eyes. Doesn't matter what God says about it huh? I can only see it as a good thing to keep you and others from speeding past me.

What is all the hostility about tonight?

No Larry, the reason I put this under "world news" is because it is happening in UK and therefore it is not appropriate to put it on any other board. I reckon it relates to believers because Christians are usually interested in world events, and it is being "trialled", so we can expect that in another generation it will be commonplace.

And "Christians seem to believe we are above the law ..... " That is utterly ridiculous, how did you get that impression? I guess Christians, like most others, don't like being dictated to by some crazy bureaucratic system. Personally I feel that I am quite capable of controlling my own car and I don't need a "governor" to do it for me. If we all accept this system, what is the point of having our own cars? We may as well all take the bus (if there is one, that is. There are no buses or public transport to anywhere from anywhere, where I live, and I know my town is not alone in that).

However, if you really see it as a "good thing", consider the following scenario:

You are driving along and all of a sudden along comes 10 ton truck behind you. You accelerate trying to get away from it, it is a narrow road or lane with traffic all around you so you can't just turn to the side, you are speeding up and think that just might make it, but the governor has other ideas and slows you right down. Soon, Bang! You're dead!

Here's another one: You go to overtake the vehicle in front, an old lady who thinks it is good to always do 20km below the speed limit, you are on two two-lane road and it is very busy but there is a gap to get past - plenty of room, so you pull out and speed up. Suddenly the "governor" takes over and slows you down, but you are on the other side of the road with a heavy vehicle coming towards you and there is nowhere to go. Again, you're dead!

[Ovedya]

I think it's not a coincidence that 1984 was written by an Englishman.

[Guest]

Drivers could have their speed controlled by satellite to stop them from breaking the limit following a Government trial of new technology.

But! But...

But Your Honor...

That Big Bird In The Sky "MADE" Me Do It.... Honest!

[Guest]

Sounds like they are testing some more "big brother" technology. If I'm driving the vehicle, that's the first thing that would mysteriously fail with a bad case of wire cutters. I know how to drive, and something like a governor interfering at the wrong time can get people killed. Why can't they go with the regular, universally hated, old-fashioned speeding ticket?

[Leonard]

I KNEW our governors and other politicians were being controlled by some space alien race's "Mother Ship" hovering somewhere out there!

[Guest]

I KNEW our governors and other politicians were being controlled by some space alien race's "Mother Ship" hovering somewhere out there!

I'm not sure if that would be insulting to the aliens or not. I had a Chemistry professor whose favorite saying was that human stupidity was the most common element, and should be listed in front of hydrogen on the table of the elements!