New European Union rules mandating that speed-limiting systems be fitted to new cars, vans and lorries come into force on Wednesday.
The requirement for newly launched models to have Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) technology is part of a package of measures aimed at boosting road safety in the bloc.
ISA detects speed limits on roads through devices such as cameras and satnavs.
Drivers are alerted when their vehicle exceeds the maximum permitted speed such as through audible or vibrating warnings, or by the accelerator pedal gently pushing their foot back.
In some versions, the vehicle’s speed is automatically reduced.
But users can ignore the warnings and override speed reductions.
This makes the German sad
As long as it’s better than the crap version in my car that thinks the limit is 30 when I’m on the motorway because there is a speed limit sign for the off-ramp.
They should also limit acceleration somehow. Saw some retard in a Tesla floor it in city center between traffic lights the other day – extremely unsafe (apart from shouting out to the world “I HAVE A SMALL DICK!!!”).
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New European Union rules mandating that speed-limiting systems be fitted to new cars, vans and lorries come into force on Wednesday.
The requirement for newly launched models to have Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) technology is part of a package of measures aimed at boosting road safety in the bloc.
ISA detects speed limits on roads through devices such as cameras and satnavs.
Drivers are alerted when their vehicle exceeds the maximum permitted speed such as through audible or vibrating warnings, or by the accelerator pedal gently pushing their foot back.
In some versions, the vehicle’s speed is automatically reduced.
But users can ignore the warnings and override speed reductions.
This makes the German sad
As long as it’s better than the crap version in my car that thinks the limit is 30 when I’m on the motorway because there is a speed limit sign for the off-ramp.
They should also limit acceleration somehow. Saw some retard in a Tesla floor it in city center between traffic lights the other day – extremely unsafe (apart from shouting out to the world “I HAVE A SMALL DICK!!!”).