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more about #bigbrother more comments → Tanshanomi: Will the blue book on "pre-ban" cars go up like they did on assault weapons? more » Flathead Smith: I for one am looking foward to 1984. more » beercheck: They're using the wrong technology to address the problem. Intelligent, variable speed limits is the answer, not stricter enforcement of occasionally-... more » engineerd: 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. ... more » bradleysoken: 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... more » Ash78, cube farmer: 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 roa... more » leavethegun-takethecannoli: What about in the event of emrgencies? What a stupid idea. Big Brother is only going to get bigger. more » Maymar: 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 governme... more » WilliamG.: Why not just ban cars altogether and mandate public transport for all the proles? more » SirNotAppearing: 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 f... more » pauljones: 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 t... more » PetroSapien: If this were to become mandatory, What would the local municipalities then do to make up for the lost revenue from Traffic Cameras? more » Bertone77: That's just frigging great until you have to SPEED UP to avoid colliding with somebody while merging or passing! more » Alphamazing: 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,... more » tinman0: So fucking glad I'm leaving the UK some point in the future. I hate driving in London with a passion. more » -
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London Testing GPS-Controlled Throttle Limit
Big Brother is watching a fleet of London-owned Prii outfitted with a special black box that combines GPS location and a speed limit map to control the top speed the cars can reach. More » -
