Device stops speeders from inside car Canadian auto regulators are testing a system that would enforce speed limits by making it harder to push down the car's gas pedal once the speed limit is passed, according to a newspaper report.
Doesn't make sense. Also, that article isn't exactly written in the best way. 1 spelling error, 1 grammatical error and multples "newspaper said, report said, etc etc"
I just don't understand why it needs GPS? And I agree the American people will remove it or not purchase cars with the device. What they should be working on is to make all cars go over 100mph so that there are no slow-pokes in front of you so you don't hit them and kill yourself. Then they need to figure out a sling-shot system that springs the cars onto the freeways faster so they can merge at 100mph+. And then devise a system that slows the cars exiting the freeways without using the car's breaks. Oh, I need to stop. :lol:
No, keep going, you have some great ideas. I remember hearing a guy say once that to prevent accidents, they need to stop making cars safer. Instead of an airbag on the steering wheel, put a really big sharp spike there. I guarantee people will drive a lot slower and more carefully after that! It could work... :blink:
great idea... too bad it takes several years of pain and suffering before change is considered...unfortunately, 60,000 people a year killed on the highways is just fine with us. funny how a few thousand killed in iraq is so abhorrent to us, but something that would save thousands of lives by limiting us to following the law is completely dissed as unthinkable. i wonder what would happen if you were sent to prison for defeating the device and could not drive a car without it? but... no such luck im afraid. people will continue to kill themselves just as they always have
Dang! If only those senseless deaths could have been for a better cause. 60,000? At that rate, if they were all soldiers in Iraq, it would have taken 76 years for them all to die. 60,000 highway deaths (DaveinOlyWA’s figures) / 2129 US military deaths in Iraq * 991 days for total US military deaths in Iraq = 27928 days (to equal 60,0000) / 365.25 = 76 years http://icasualties.org/oif/ What did those 60,000 who died on the highway stand for . . . compared to the soldiers who gave their lives for their country?
