Speed-limiting devices may put brakes on company car drivers

shrek2 · 13 Sep 2007 at 16:55

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/article2441902.ece
*Sigh* I love Britain.

spaz · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:04

New vans at work have been fitted with 75mph limiters, makes for pretty nasty over taking when you aren't used to it!

Sirrel Squirrel · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:07

Love how it's not about saving lives anymore, it's now about sodding carbon emissions.

Firestar_3x · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:07

Yep doesn't stop me doing 75 in a 30!

Jez · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:08

Makes me glad my company car is going back at the end of the month, and will not be replaced.

shrek2 · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:13

Jez said:
Makes me glad my company car is going back at the end of the month, and will not be replaced.

Its only a matter of time till they say all cars should be fitted with limiters. I don't speed myself but come on.

Firestar_3x · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:14

Its because we now live in a big brother nanny state........

Matt82 · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:15

we now live in? we've been here for a long long time. too many friggin do gooders

its the tail wagging the dog

Firestar_3x · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:20

Its the 'Well i've been to oxford so i know what real people want' attitude of some junked up ministers not living in the real world inventing rules to justify a job that they shouldn't have in the first place.

agw_01 · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:22

As a further incentive, it proposes big increases in the cost of vehicle excise duty. The price of taxing the worst polluting vehicles, which is currently £300 a year, would at least double to £600.

This really annoys me. Even if we cut all of our CO2 emissions down completely, what kind of percentage would that have on the worlds CO2? 5%?

Dangerous · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:24

Firestar_3x said:
Yep doesn't stop me doing 75 in a 30!

Hmm PH have ran this story as well but says its GPS based:

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/news/default.asp?storyId=16784

Firestar_3x · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:29

Dangerous said:
Hmm PH have ran this story as well but says its GPS based:

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/news/default.asp?storyId=16784

Looks like lead has two usues then, one for my roof and the other for my GPS antenna.

Alex UK · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:30

Dangerous said:
Hmm PH have ran this story as well but says its GPS based:

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/news/default.asp?storyId=16784

Exactly. The speed limiter will change in accordance with the speed limit.

shrek2 · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:33

Will traffic flow better on motorways? Or will it be static bumper to bumper driving like what HGV's do?

Firestar_3x · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:33

It will no doubt the blocks of traffic following eachother within an inch with no possibility of going anyplace.

Alex UK · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:35

Firestar_3x said:
It will no doubt the blocks of traffic following eachother within an inch with no possibility of going anyplace.

My god that would be horrible. :mad:

Firestar_3x · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:36

However don't be under the illusion this will save you any money, the gov need to money from someplace so taxes will go up in another area.

Kol · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:57

agw_01 said:
This really annoys me. Even if we cut all of our CO2 emissions down completely, what kind of percentage would that have on the worlds CO2? 5%?

I doubt it would even register, relative to the rest of the worlds emissions.

GeX · 13 Sep 2007 at 18:02

co2 isn't a problem anyway..

danza · 13 Sep 2007 at 18:03

I have nothing more to say :mad: