Under new EU legislation agreed this morning, automakers will be required to equip cars with Intelligent Speed Assistance, which uses wireless data to stop cars from going above the speed limit. But in a last-minute compromise, drivers will be given the ability to switch the devices off.
A car's tachometer showing a speed of almost 50 km/h near Tubingen, Germany Drivers in Europe will soon have to get used to anti-speeding devices in their cars, after EU legislators agreed this morning on new legislation requiring them.
The technology is already fitted in a small number of vehicles on the road, including the new Ford Focus European model. It’s being promoted in Europe by safety organizations such as the European Transport Safety Council – but it has not been embraced in the United States. Many drivers have begun using portable devices which pick up the speed limit data and warn a driver when they are going faster than it allows.
For this reason, legislators from the European Parliament and the 28 national EU governments reached a compromise this morning that would allow drivers to disable the devices if they so choose. FIA says this might be necessary in areas where the speed limit data is incorrect or where there are other problems with the data being sent to the vehicle.
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