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by RiK
Wed Mar 27, 2019 9:26 pm
Forum: Technology
Topic: Speed limiters mandatory from 2022?
Replies: 63
Views: 98061

Re: Speed limiters mandatory from 2022?

And just to add insult to injury, the IAM have come out in full support of this on Facebook...

https://www.iamroadsmart.com/media-and- ... life-saver
by RiK
Tue Mar 26, 2019 10:22 pm
Forum: Technology
Topic: Speed limiters mandatory from 2022?
Replies: 63
Views: 98061

Re: Speed limiters mandatory from 2022?

angus wrote:Surely with Brexit, it won't apply here?


Apparently...

Models sold in the UK are likely to have the same technology after the Vehicle Certification Agency said it would mirror EU rules post-Brexit
by RiK
Tue Mar 26, 2019 10:22 pm
Forum: Technology
Topic: Speed limiters mandatory from 2022?
Replies: 63
Views: 98061

Re: Speed limiters mandatory from 2022?

GTR1400MAN wrote:So everyone will be driving like a lorry driver all the time ... on the limiter. :o Very safe! :evil:


Except for all the people in older cars without the limiters on...
by RiK
Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:52 pm
Forum: Technology
Topic: Speed limiters mandatory from 2022?
Replies: 63
Views: 98061

Re: Speed limiters mandatory from 2022?

It'll be interesting to see what happens to the new car market around that time. How many performance car enthusiasts are going to look for a quality used motor rather than a new one with a compulsory limiter?
by RiK
Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:40 pm
Forum: Technology
Topic: Speed limiters mandatory from 2022?
Replies: 63
Views: 98061

Re: Speed limiters mandatory from 2022?

And how many crashes will be attributed to ‘I put my foot down but the car wouldn’t go and I couldn’t avoid the oncoming vehicle’?
by RiK
Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:39 pm
Forum: Technology
Topic: Speed limiters mandatory from 2022?
Replies: 63
Views: 98061

Re: Speed limiters mandatory from 2022?

Imagine how much money the govt will lose in speed camera fines if all cars have speed limiters on...
by RiK
Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:39 pm
Forum: Technology
Topic: Speed limiters mandatory from 2022?
Replies: 63
Views: 98061

Speed limiters mandatory from 2022?

Going to be a lot of people keeping their older cars I reckon...

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/car ... rules.html
by RiK
Mon Mar 18, 2019 7:29 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello all
Replies: 44
Views: 82775

Re: Hello all

AndyP wrote:Ahh thanks.
Went by last week, shut where it joins the A46.
Testing tomorrow so I will look.


Ah, must admit I didn't go up to the A46, but the part pre-Pucklechurch was (finally) clear..
by RiK
Mon Mar 18, 2019 3:17 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello all
Replies: 44
Views: 82775

Re: Hello all

AndyP wrote:During the latest long round of road repairs/closures, part of my devious cross country route are lost

Thankfully open again now though, I was out that way a while back :-)
by RiK
Sat Mar 09, 2019 12:57 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello all
Replies: 44
Views: 82775

Re: Hello all

Hi Stu, welcome aboard! Sorry to hear that your introduction to the world of advanced driving has been quite what you'd expected, but please don't give up, there's always more to learn, and you might just find that when things begin to 'click' you'll start to enjoy your driving a lot more. That was ...

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