British drivers may have help reducing their speeds around London. Transit for London is taking bids on an Intelligent Speed Adaption system that would use satellite maps of the city that “know†the speed limits on every road. If a driver exceeds that speed, the system takes control of the accelerator and slows the vehicle.
The system will first be tested on TfL vehicles, but the bid specifies that the system must be easily adaptable for cars, vans, busses, and taxis—basically anything on the streets of London. A spokesperson assured Auto Express that the program is only a test for two years, but the long-term implications are obvious. Any state that tests such a system is looking to implement it as more than a test in the future.
We’ve already heard about the GT-R’s intelligent sat-nav system that allows top speed when the car is on a race track, but that’s a far cry from what TfL is proposing. Let us know if you’d be willing to have such a system installed in your vehicle in comments.
+ Auto Express: Now sat-nav slows speeders