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    London Testing GPS-Controlled Throttle Limit

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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    07/08/09

    In reply to London Testing GPS-Controlled Throttle Limit
    Will the blue book on "pre-ban" cars go up like they did on assault weapons?
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    07/08/09

    In reply to London Testing GPS-Controlled Throttle Limit
    I for one am looking foward to 1984.
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    07/08/09

    @Flathead Smith: Might as well jump.
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    07/08/09

    In reply to London Testing GPS-Controlled Throttle Limit
    They're using the wrong technology to address the problem.


    Intelligent, variable speed limits is the answer, not stricter enforcement of occasionally-appropriate artificial limits that don't reflect current conditions.

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    07/08/09

    In reply to London Testing GPS-Controlled Throttle Limit
    Ironic that they are doing this on Prii, considering most Prii I see on the road are being driven 5 under by a driver with a smug look on their face.


    Basically, this will have zero effect except to prove that Britain is hell bent on controlling every aspect of it's citezen's lives.

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    07/08/09

    @engineerd: To translate, "citezen's" = "citizens". I was using the British spelling with extra e's.
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    07/08/09

    In reply to London Testing GPS-Controlled Throttle Limit
    everyone who is playing the slippery slope card should remember how massively most of the DARPA autonomous cars failed at the tests they were given. i dont think we have to worry about self controlled vehicles for a while.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    07/08/09

    @bradleysoken: You should read Jalopnik more often:


    [jalopnik.com]

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    07/08/09

    In reply to London Testing GPS-Controlled Throttle Limit
    If you equate it to the "Pit Lane" push button in race cars, it makes sense.


    I refuse to drive within the M25 whenever I'm over there. Most of the roads in Britain are fantastic, but I can't handle that kind of congestion. Mandatory limiters and congestion charges would just make me even stabbier.

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    07/08/09

    @Ash78: That's okay. They now have knives that don't allow you to be "stabbier." You can still slash, but not stab.
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    07/08/09

    In reply to London Testing GPS-Controlled Throttle Limit
    What about in the event of emrgencies?


    What a stupid idea.


    Big Brother is only going to get bigger.

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    07/08/09

    In reply to London Testing GPS-Controlled Throttle Limit
    I actually kind of like this. At least if I'm going to get frustrated driving behind someone doing the speed limit, I'll be thinking "fucking government," instead of "fucking asshole who has no interest in driving." So, thank you Big Brother, for making me less angry at the idiots I share the road with.
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    07/08/09

    In reply to London Testing GPS-Controlled Throttle Limit
    Why not just ban cars altogether and mandate public transport for all the proles?
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    07/08/09

    @WilliamG.: Brilliant!
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    07/08/09

    @WilliamG.: SHHHH! They'll hear you!
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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    07/08/09

    In reply to London Testing GPS-Controlled Throttle Limit
    I approve, as long as they also monitor these Prii to make sure they stay out of the left lane.
    Move over motherf*****, I know you see me two inches from your bumper!
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    07/08/09

    @SirNotAppearing: This being the UK, I of course mean the right lane.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    07/08/09

    @SirNotAppearing: On the other hand, it could be fun to drive slowly in front of these only to accelerate beyond their governed speed whenever they try to pass.
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    07/08/09

    @CPO Alfisted: Evil, but funny. I like it.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    07/08/09

    In reply to London Testing GPS-Controlled Throttle Limit
    Only the British could come up with such a fiendishly oppressive idea and have it fail by installing on cars bought by drivers incapable of reaching the speed limit in the first place.
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    07/08/09

    @pauljones: Next thing you know, they'll be taxing tea.
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    07/08/09

    @Timtoolman, now with power tools!: Without representation, to boot.
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    Image of PetroSapien PetroSapien
    07/08/09

    In reply to London Testing GPS-Controlled Throttle Limit
    If this were to become mandatory, What would the local municipalities then do to make up for the lost revenue from Traffic Cameras?
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    07/08/09

    @PetroSapien: Tax the fags, obviously.
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    07/08/09

    In reply to London Testing GPS-Controlled Throttle Limit
    That's just frigging great until you have to SPEED UP to avoid colliding with somebody while merging or passing!
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    07/08/09

    @Bertone Zero77: Exactly, vehicles are built to exceed the speed limit temporarily for a reason.
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    07/08/09

    @Karsten Von Urea for All Sales Event: What is this "temporarily" you speak of?
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    Image of Alphamazing Alphamazing
    07/08/09

    In reply to London Testing GPS-Controlled Throttle Limit
    As has been argued at me before (lol):


    This isn't nanny-state-ism, it's just making sure the laws are FOLLOWED! You don't want people speeding around, do you? That's why there are so many speed cameras! To make sure people obey the law!

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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    07/08/09

    @Alphamazing: Freedom's just another word for breaking the law.
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    07/08/09

    @CPO Alfisted: The UK isn't a nanny state at all! They just make sure you obey the laws by implementing programs that either force you to, or scare you into doing so!


    That's not being a nanny state, that's being safe.

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/08/09

    @Alphamazing: I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or serious. I hope sarcastic.
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    Image of tinman0 tinman0
    07/08/09

    @Alphamazing: No, its called "being oppressive". They are removing your right to make your own decisions, little by little.


    This isn't going to make drivers safe; they have spent the last 12 years telling us that "speeding kills". This in turn has led people to conclude "not speeding is safe", which is not the case.


    You don't have to speed to run someone down. Perfectly possible at 29mph.


    But now that speed is taken from your control, people will abrogate their responsibility on the road, and still be a danger.


    Which is why, in 1995 we prosecuted 40,000 people for speeding and had 3,300 deaths on the road and why in 2007 we prosecuted 2m for speeding and were only down to 3,200 deaths on the road.


    Speed doesn't kill - morons do.

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/08/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: After a re-read, I'm going with sarcastic.
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    Image of Alphamazing Alphamazing
    07/08/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: Sarcastic, yes. I was arguing the point that was argued to me by a Brit in the thread, cited below.


    I still am glad the US isn't a crazy nanny state like the UK.

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    07/08/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: I was just about to switch on my nuclear powered haranguing hat, but you have successfully talked me back down to DefCon 3 for now.
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    07/08/09

    @Alphamazing:

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    Image of Guymann Guymann
    07/08/09

    @Alphamazing: I guess people will just have to hack their cars in the future.


    Nobody wants to be safe. Safe is boring. This is similar to shutting down amusement parks because there is a risk of dying on the rides.

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    Image of Alphamazing Alphamazing
    07/08/09

    @tinman0: If you'll please read my first post, you'll note that I was arguing a point that someone argued to me, thus my second comment was in a similar vain, sarcastic in tone.


    Sorry for the confusion.


    Have a graph:



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    07/08/09

    @Alphamazing: You have mathematical, graphing AND trolling skilz! You're a triple threat!
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    07/08/09

    @Alphamazing: "Here, have a graph."


    Oh, that was priceless. If only I could heart-click you again.

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    07/08/09

    @Alphamazing: Here, have a graph. That was great. Thank You.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    07/08/09

    @tinman0: Perfectly possible at 29mph.


    That's why "Twenty's Plenty", as the signs up in Scotland remind me.

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    07/08/09

    @Alphamazing: "I still am glad the US isn't yet a crazy nanny state like the UK."


    Fixed.

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    07/09/09

    @Alphamazing: Thanks, I was about to un-heart you for that!

    @tinman0: And you get a heart for making sense.
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    07/09/09

    @Guymann: I think it was Eddie Rickenbacker that said "anything that moves is dangerous."
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    Image of tinman0 tinman0
    07/08/09

    In reply to London Testing GPS-Controlled Throttle Limit
    So fucking glad I'm leaving the UK some point in the future. I hate driving in London with a passion.
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    07/08/09

    @tinman0: Is it even possible to drive in London with a passion?
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