Will this be the end of Speeding Fines?

As someone who hasn't had a speeding fine ( yet ). I do find that I perhaps spend too much time making sure I am not 3 or 4 mph over the limit rather than watching where I am going, and I do have a reliable audible speed warning system sat in the passenger seat. Even so,on the whole I think its a good thing.

Aren’t lorries already fitted with speed limiter technology? The speed we see some of these hurtling around at gives cause for concern as regards how effective it will be. 

 

Most HGVs are fitted with a 56mph /90 Km governor. Illegal devices I believe are readily available which if fitted can override the limited speed. Most faster lorries I think you'll find will be smaller fleets, owner drivers etc. I don't recall ever seeing a larger fleet lorry which has been tampered with... e.g. Eddie Stobart, Tesco, Sainsbury's, M&S etc. and other bigger name hauliers, and having driven ( a small ) one I can tell you its a bit like driving a car with a block of wood under the throttle to stop you getting full movement.

Lorries have an overall max speed governor. The new proposal is for GPS controlled variable speed limiting depending on the speed limit of a particular road. 

How it will differentiate between cars and large vehicles, or towing vehicles, I don’t know. 

It may work in areas of permanent speed limits, but how will it work with temp limits and as noticed when they "forget" to switch off M/way signs,

Sometimes my satnav's GPS speed warning picks up the road underneath a flyover. What will happen when a few vehicles rattling along at 70 suddenly drop down to 30 or 40?

My main worry with this, living in a rural location, is not being able to safely overtake, so it will slow everything down to the slowest vehicle!

….most likely giving us caravanners an even worse rap on the way!

Haven't seen that it will apply to Motorbikes. Where do you fix a towbar on one of them? 

 

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DD , if what you say is correct, and I have no reason to doubt you ,what the hell is the point of it ?.Those who speed will continue to do so.