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GPS based camera/hazard/blackspot warning systems are available (eg Road Angel and the like). How about developing a system that detectes what road you're on through GPS and automatically restricts your speed to the current speed limit?

That way it would be impossible (?!?) to get caught by a speed camera.

But still possible to be driving far too fast for the conditions.

May even see an increase in driving at too high a speed, after all drivers will be within the speed limit so why should they think about the speed they are driving at? Just foot down up to the limiter.

This was an offical suggestion reported on TV a while back. There was a thread discussing it, and the conclusion was that it will be very dangerous because drivers will have even less to do and will mentally switch off..

http://www.safespeed.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1892

Oh good grief is somebody still trying to sell that ridiculous idea?

Kill it off once and for all. It'll do far more harm than good.

Best wishes all,
Dave.

Yep.

The "Zombie-Safe" (TM) speed limiter guarantees more crashes at free travelling speed than ever before!

Why worry about speed? Let "Zombie-Safe" take control for you! Relax! No need to pay attention!

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Paul Smith
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..so let them do it...

and then explain why the predicted accident reduction hasn't occured.



we'll still be driving at the right speed.. won't we now.

How many more people are going to be maimed or killed in the meantime?

This is not about safety - it is about money!

Interesting replies. This is along the lines of what I was thinking when I started this topic off, although I'm a bit surprised to hear that it actually got officially suggested

Well one could take that approach, but apart from any other considerations I begrudge all the money wasted on these crackpot ideas.

If we were to devote a bit more effort to getting the simple things right, rather than fannying about with expensive and 'clever' schemes, we might just get some better results.

Best wishes all,
David.

My current co. car is the first one I've driven with cruise control and the few times that i've tried it i've found that i dont' think about my driving as much.
I don't use it anymore

Leeds university has had a trial running with a few volunteers and found they drove more dangerously tailgating, taking more chances. This information didn't make it to the final version of their report though, shame I never saved the original.

There's still some seriously damaging stuff in the 'phase one' report, which was still available last time I looked. I don't have the link to hand.

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

I cannot see the technology being used in the near future, because money cannot be made from it unlike speed cameras or black boxes!

Money can be made from this, because you may be forced to buy this equipment and it be checked on MOT's!

This is the most dangerous thing I've ever heard, not only because it will cause people to switch off mentally, it makes perfectly safe overtaking manouvres far more dangerous. I don't know about you, but if I'm driving in good conditions on a single carriageway on say a 50 limit and someone is going in front at 40 or less, if its safe to do so, I overtake. I could in theory hit around 70 mid-overtake, but I don't suddenly back off the throttle straight away so I'm on the wrong side of the road for less time. Its only once I'm on the correct side of the road that I will reduce my speed to something closer to the limit as I don't want to be on the wrong side of the road for longer than I have to be.

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Beware doing this - some mobile talivans position themselves to take advantage of this - there were 2 in Derbyshire the other Sunday.

Both positioned where the road goes straight and people who wish to travel at the national speed limit may wish to briefly exceed this to pass the Sunday drivers doing 45.

And yes, people get done for this.