GPS: Now limiting your speed

The Canadian government agency for transportation is testing a new device that will make it almost impossible to ignore speed limits.

A technical solution based on the GPS technology in combination with digital map containing speed limits will make it hard to press down the accelerator once you reached the speed limit.
The new device combines GPS technology and a digital speed limit map. Once the car reaches the speed limit it will become hard to press down the accelerator. This has already been tried in some European countries.

Although speed is responsible for 25 percent of all fatal crashed it will not be easy to implement such a solution. Most people just don't want their speed to be limited and those who want can use a cruise control. Making it law will hopefully consider to take out emergeny cars from this rules and the colleagues over at Engadget see the end of romance in it:

"what if you’re late to your true love’s wedding with the wrong guy, and you have to pound on the glass from above screaming her name? This system could ruin everything."

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Source: MobileMag via Engadget

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