New cars in EU to be fitted with speed limiters

The European Transport Safety Council has proposed for all new cars sold in the EU to be fitted with mandatory speed limiters within three years

A key group of MEPs has approved the fitment of a wide range of safety measures for new cars, autoexpress.co.uk reports.

The limiters – dubbed Intelligent Speed Assistance, or ISA – use traffic-sign-recognition cameras and/or GPS data to determine the maximum permitted speed in a particular area, automatically limiting engine power and a vehicle’s speed to the prevailing limit.

The European Transport Safety Council says the limiters will reduce traffic collisions by 30 per cent, and save 25,000 lives within 15 years of coming into force.

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