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‘Speed limiter’ * UK - Satellite technology proposed in
London,UK -Land Line Magazine (USA) -January 5, 2009: -- An advisory commission in the United Kingdom has proposed a speed-limiting system for cars and trucks that will use satellite technology... On a volunteer basis, motorists could opt to have devices installed in their vehicles that would prevent them from traveling above posted speed on any road, according to the report by the Commission for Integrated Transport and a group called Motorists’ Forum... One lawmaker, Norman Baker, said the intention of the program may be well-meaning, but there could be dangerous consequences... “Any attempt to control speed could mean that drivers might not be able to accelerate out of dangerous situations. This could make road safety worse,” Baker said, quoted by The Guardian newspaper...
* Canada - Mandatory speed limiters start Jan. 1 in Ontario, Quebec
Ontario & Quebec,Canada -Land Line Magazine, by David Tanner -December 31, 2008: -- If you are a trucker and you do business in or through the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, your truck will need to have a working speed limiter set at a maximum of 105 kilometers per hour, or 65 mph, starting Jan. 1... The Owner-Operator Associations say that speed limiters will not make the highways safer and that the laws will be an impediment to cross-border and inter-provincial trade... Enforcement is also an issue... Ontario officials say enforcement will begin with an educational period lasting six months before the fines will begin for truckers not in compliance...
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