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Should cars have built-in speed limit?

Do you think cars should have built-in electronic speed limit

  • Yes, all cars ecxept "special" ones (police, swat, etc.)

    Votes: 11 11.5%
  • No

    Votes: 76 79.2%
  • I don't know

    Votes: 2 2.1%
  • Other

    Votes: 7 7.3%

  • Total voters
    96

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OK, fellas, here is the issue: after having a speed limit of, let's say 80 mph, why are cars made to drive up to 140-200 mph? Obviously it would be illegal to drive beyond the speed limit.

Question: Do you think cars should have built-in electronic speed limit, i.e. the computer limits the speed of the car to what is legal to drive?

No doubt this could save thousands of lives annually and will prevent criminals from escaping the police (if we presume police cars will not have that electronic speed limit).
What do you think? :)
 
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Why not, after all there are speed limits, so there is no reason that cars should be able to go faster than that.
 
Federal? No.

State? Only if the people vote for it.
 
OK, fellas, here is the issue: after having a speed limit of, let's say 80 mph, why are cars made to drive up to 140-200 mph? Obviously it would be illegal to drive beyond the speed limit.

Question: Do you think cars should have built-in electronic speed limit, i.e. the computer limits the speed of the car to what is legal to drive?

No doubt this could save thousands of lives annually and will prevent criminals from escaping the police (if we presume police cars will not have that electronic speed limit).
What do you think? :)




I am sure that some people (Like Justin Beiber.) won't agree, but why should we make it possible for people to violate the law and put other people at risk?
 
I'm going to dodge the question and say we should hurry up and develop automobiles which run only on auto-pilot. This would solve the issue in the OP, plus a significant number of other problems.
 
I want automated cars that drive well in sync with other cars. YOU don't NEED speed limits then.
 
No,, hell no,, lol, what would be the point of buying the faster car/truck, one of my trucks have the option to program a key with limits, but that's for kids not adult Americans.
 
OK, fellas, here is the issue: after having a speed limit of, let's say 80 mph, why are cars made to drive up to 140-200 mph? Obviously it would be illegal to drive beyond the speed limit.

Question: Do you think cars should have built-in electronic speed limit, i.e. the computer limits the speed of the car to what is legal to drive?

No doubt this could save thousands of lives annually and will prevent criminals from escaping the police (if we presume police cars will not have that electronic speed limit).
What do you think? :)

No. It can be life saving to speed under certain circumstances. There should be a flashing light and sirens , though. That way nobody could miss the speeder and most people would give it up.
 
Some already do have governors. Is that what you mean, or one's that will respond automatically to the speed limit of each stretch of road?
 


I am sure that some people (Like Justin Beiber.) won't agree, but why should we make it possible for people to violate the law and put other people at risk?

Why let kids play on the streets?
 
Is that what you mean, or one's that will respond automatically to the speed limit of each stretch of road?

Or each state/country. Yeah, something like that. :2wave:
 
Why not, after all there are speed limits, so there is no reason that cars should be able to go faster than that.

Speeding is an operator (moving) violation not a registration or vehicle safety violation. The driver, not the vehicle (or its owner, if different) alone is responsible for their actions. We should first elevate the (way too soft) penalties for speeding to the level of DUI/DWI and see if that does not accomplish the desired effect without imposing additional costs/restrictions upon everyone.

We now put "blow and go" BAC detectors into cars of DUI/DWI offenders (at considerable added cost only to the offender) so why not limit these expensive speed restricting devices to only those that violate the speed limit laws?
 
Sure...why not?

While we're at it, let's set cars to automatically disable the radio, cd player, cell phones...and let's not allow cars to accelerate too quickly. I'm sure...with a little more thought...I can come up with a whole bunch of other stuff. Oh, wait...don't forget motorcycles.
 
No, they shouldn't. There would need to be some sort of cushion to allow passing safely and that sort of thing.

And what about people who want to do legal racing with their cars on a track?

The other issue is that to implement this, you'd have to have a GPS unit in each car so it knew where it was, and maps programmed to know what the speed limit was in that area. And they would have to be kept constantly up to date (which would be impossible of course).

The last vehicle project I worked on had a system sort of like that. It didn't govern your speed, but it would warn you if you were going more than 10 mph over the speed limit. The problem was that the maps weren't correct, and there were several places where it would warn me I was speeding when I wasn't. There was one stretch of road I used to drive on it thought was 35 and it was actually 55.

Yet another issue is that it would add a hell of a lot of work and cost to every vehicle produced with that system. Not all cars have onboard GPS and a cell phone connection, but they'd need them if this system was to be implemented. And because the GPS would have the ability to alter your vehicle's performance by changing the speed governing, it would have to become part of the OBD diagnostic standards, and that's adding quite a bit of diagnostics that would have to be calibrated to every car.

All in all, no, it's a bad idea, and not worth the effort and cost. The majority of people don't speed enough that it's a significant danger.
 
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OK, fellas, here is the issue: after having a speed limit of, let's say 80 mph, why are cars made to drive up to 140-200 mph? Obviously it would be illegal to drive beyond the speed limit.

Question: Do you think cars should have built-in electronic speed limit, i.e. the computer limits the speed of the car to what is legal to drive?

No doubt this could save thousands of lives annually and will prevent criminals from escaping the police (if we presume police cars will not have that electronic speed limit).
What do you think? :)

Better if we put in a minimum limit on highway travel. The upper limit, I don't know, maybe 400 mph would be ok. Anything below that is just totalitarian stupidity and based upon someones desire to force their opinions on others.
 
We now put "blow and go" BAC detectors into cars of DUI/DWI offenders (at considerable added cost only to the offender) so why not limit these expensive speed restricting devices to only those that violate the speed limit laws?

Because unless you're going way beyond the speed limit (which most speeders aren't) then speeding is nowhere near as dangerous as driving drunk.
 
Because unless you're going way beyond the speed limit (which most speeders aren't) then speeding is nowhere near as dangerous as driving drunk.

The point is that speeding, as you say, is relative as are the penalties imposed for it. Going 60 mph in a 20 mph zone is far more serious than going 100 mph in an 80 mph zone, yet only one of those situations would be prevented by limiting the maximum vehicle speed capability. Oddly, there is often no degree of DWI; you either exceeded the maximum BAC limit or you did not, there is often no "way too drunk" charge for those attaining double or triple the .08 maximum BAC level allowed.
 
And what about people who want to do legal racing with their cars on a track?

Well, what about if border checkpoint of country/state they can set you car computer to the speed limit in that same country/state? The same could be done with race tracks - you enter - you get the speed limit electronically removed; you leave the race track - your speed limit is set back to what's legal in the state.

:peace
 
Better if we put in a minimum limit on highway travel.

Driving long distances is not illegal but speeding is.
A speeding car is only danger to itself but all cars around. Remember the phrase: your freedom ends where my begins and vice versa. :)
 
Almost all cars are governed. Usually somewhere around the speed rating of the tires they are originally sold with. Most cars are governed somewhere between 105 and 130mph. If you wanted to reduce that it I am sure it would result in saved lives and greatly reduced fuel consumption. However there should be an emergency mode where you can drive faster in the event you are trying to get someone to the hospital or driving through somewhere like western Kansas or parts of Texas and thus it would be cruel to hold you to the speed limit and make you endure it longer than absolutely necessary.
 
OK, fellas, here is the issue: after having a speed limit of, let's say 80 mph, why are cars made to drive up to 140-200 mph? Obviously it would be illegal to drive beyond the speed limit.

Question: Do you think cars should have built-in electronic speed limit, i.e. the computer limits the speed of the car to what is legal to drive?

No doubt this could save thousands of lives annually and will prevent criminals from escaping the police (if we presume police cars will not have that electronic speed limit).
What do you think? :)

"Fellas"?

And NO. Absolutely not. I want horsepower and speed and regard this as a safety issue. (I also dig it.) And I don't need the nanny state telling me how to drive/putting controls on me either.
 
No, they shouldn't. There would need to be some sort of cushion to allow passing safely and that sort of thing.

And what about people who want to do legal racing with their cars on a track?

The other issue is that to implement this, you'd have to have a GPS unit in each car so it knew where it was, and maps programmed to know what the speed limit was in that area. And they would have to be kept constantly up to date (which would be impossible of course).

The last vehicle project I worked on had a system sort of like that. It didn't govern your speed, but it would warn you if you were going more than 10 mph over the speed limit. The problem was that the maps weren't correct, and there were several places where it would warn me I was speeding when I wasn't. There was one stretch of road I used to drive on it thought was 35 and it was actually 55.

Yet another issue is that it would add a hell of a lot of work and cost to every vehicle produced with that system. Not all cars have onboard GPS and a cell phone connection, but they'd need them if this system was to be implemented. And because the GPS would have the ability to alter your vehicle's performance by changing the speed governing, it would have to become part of the OBD diagnostic standards, and that's adding quite a bit of diagnostics that would have to be calibrated to every car.

All in all, no, it's a bad idea, and not worth the effort and cost. The majority of people don't speed enough that it's a significant danger.

I like your idea.

Another thing that I would find helpful is to find someway to travel through major cities. One does not need an expensive GPS system on each car; what would be helpful would be to simply give numbers or letters to the lanes and let the driver know ahead of time if he/she need to change to another lane to get to their destination. The semis are hard to constantly look over--especially if traffic is busy. The locals never have problems because they know the area.
 
My motorcycle is capable of 170mph I do not drive it that fast on the road EVER! I do however take it to trackdays where I can and do drive it to the maximum limits of what I am capable (I am not so good as to take it to the maximum of what it is capable or I would be in motoGP)
Same for many people who have cars, the smart ones, not the Beibers of this world, take them to racetracks or actual dragstrips and enjoy them in a relatively safe and controlled environment where they do not put others at risk.
Having said that, there are situations where it is safer to exceed the speed limit by a bit to avoid obstacles (deer, suddenly veering/crashing car) etc. I see no need to excessively exceed the speed limit ever.
Often however the speed limits are more about generating $$$ though fines than they are about safety (Autobahn ring a bell to anyone?) So I don't see the politicians really being on board with this either as it would reduce the $$$ available and instead of a self imposed tax by speeders they would have to impose something on the people to make up the shortfall.
 
Built-in electronic speed limit...nonsense, imo.

The German autobahn's prove that speed is not the problem, poor driving is.

Autobahn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Now, if you want to put speed limiters on drivers with poor driving records...fine with me.

But not ones with good driving records.
 
Driving long distances is not illegal but speeding is.
A speeding car is only danger to itself but all cars around. Remember the phrase: your freedom ends where my begins and vice versa. :)

Inattentive slow drivers are the real danger, not those driving at higher speeds. Having driven the Autobahns of Germany, the only real danger was slow poke idiots who didn't pay attention to the faster drivers and wouldn't keep their lame asses in the right lane.

My freedom doesn't end until I'm out of Ammo and cannot get more.
 
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