Daring FireballJul 9, 2024
New Cars in the EU Now Equipped With Nagging Speed Limiters
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/07/09/intelligent-speed-nagging
New Cars in the EU Now Equipped With Nagging Speed Limiters

Link to: https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/new-cars-fitted-automatic-speed-limiters-this-week/

Daring Fireball
Show threadMichaelJul 9, 2024
@daringfireball "Nonstop pointless nagging and annoyance." – Think of the implementation what you will, but there’s clearly a point to this. It’s literally trying to keep people from being killed.
Show threadJohn Gruber
@mi No it isn't. If that's the goal then the cars should be prevented from exceeding the posted speed limit. I'd be far less opposed to that, but it would obviously generate more outrage from the public. Such a law would have an obvious benefit: new cars could not exceed speed limits. But this law doesn't do that. It just presents the *intention* of "doing something" rather than actually doing something, annoying drivers with beeps each time they get in the car until they turn it off again.
Jul 10, 2024 at 7:23pmIvory for Mac
Show threadJimmy CallinJul 10, 2024
@gruber @mi If new cars couldn’t exceed the speed limit while old cars can, that would be catastrophic for safety.
Show threadMichaelJul 10, 2024

@gruber apparently manufactures have four different options to choose from, including limiting the speed or an acoustic warning. I was under the impression the speed limit was the only one.

Regardless, the goal clearly _is_ to prevent speeding and all it‘s negative consequences, I‘m assuming this is just a first step. But even if it wasn’t, adding friction to behavior you want to discourage can definitely have an effect.