The future

[S2red]

https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/drivers-issued-...

Will it stop accidents where driving too fast for conditions is cause No

Will it cause bunching fustration Yes

Have they caused an issue for Scottish new car market?

And we all know who is paying for it - the car buyer

Edited by S2red on Thursday 30th June 09:55

[yellowbentines]

Looks like that's potentially just some poor 'journalism' by the online tabloid.

Autoexpress for example report differently

www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/103530/speed-limiters-a...

It's probably coming at some point though...

[Andrew[MG]]

It'll stop the morons who drive through towns doing 40, 50, 60+. It won't make them pay more attention or be soberer, but it's easier to justify on that premise.

Enjoying cars on hoons as we've done for decades is probably a dying pastime

[paulqv]

This was part of the Euro 7 consultation if I remember correctly.

It is undeniable the excessive speed, that is to say speed in excess of the speed limit will be a factor in accidents. Stationary cars seldom collide. The main issue that every government wants to duck is driver skill and awareness.
The only way to improve this is not to 'dumb down' driving ability and make cars more intelligent and in control, but rather to at least simultaneously improve driver skills. That could be achieved by retesting all drivers every 5 or 10 years. Making the tests for new drivers in parts; first part without motorway driving; second part including motorways etc. Following the Swedish system and tests for new drivers.

If we have fully autonomous cars in which the driver can watch TV but can't use his phone, under present proposed legislation, what will a driver be?

There is little that is smarter than a human. They make the devices that are meant to be smart!

[S2red]

Yes

On long drives to Devon I have stopped using cruise control as I sometimes think it can lull you into a lack of awareness

To many "safety" gadgets.

My car has lane monitoring so that when you go out of lane steering wheel wobbles and moves you back, fine when you do stray over line BUT pain in neck on quiet motorway when nothing behind you you pull out(not indicating as no one near behind) to overtake and it tries to move you back, is it me wrong not indicating because no one behind ?

Switched it off, car is smarter than me I think

[Scrump]

Long running thread on it here:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Not just a Scottish thing.

[mikecassie]

It can be switched off, as is stated in the Autoexpress article. Just like TC, default is on, can be switched off. To be fair, I'd like to see more controls or monitoring of speed in residential areas. The speed traffic goes through the village I live in is stupid at times.