Why don't they restrict how fast a vehicles speed?

This never made any sense to me. Lets say everywhere the maximum speed you are suppose to go is 70. Why can I press the petal down and go 120 if I want? They need to make cars that don't go past the speed limit. If your like a firefighter or something like that then to make exceptions for certain people. We have the tecnology to track our whereabouts down to the foot. We need a system to restrict how fast we can drive.
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My idea is to save lives. Yeah I know that you might be able to disable the restriction speed limit but those are the people driving 120 now and getting the people who obey the law killed.

whisperofsmoke36

Thats a great idea !

Jim

Because although a car can travel at a certain speed, it doesn't mean that it should- few cars would last very long if they moved at the greatest speed the engine could provide. Rather, cars are built such that 70 mph is the "cruising speed" at which there is the least stress on the engine. That's assuming that you meant "why do they build cars capable of such speeds?"

If, on the other hand, you mean- "why not simply stop the driver accelerating past a certain speed", there are some explanations: overtaking is one, and I imagine that such a system might be tricky to build mechanically (electronically, perhaps not- but few drivers, I imagine, would enjoy the idea of depending upon fallible electronics).

If we want to stop road traffic accidents, we have to ask why people are driving so poorly in the first place: why are they rushing? why aren't people paying attention to the road? What are the real, social, psychological and pragmatic factors that determine these problems?

bfs_172

They have already started to.. in most semis. at least compny owned vehicles. some are set at a max of 70mph at the highest to 55 on the low side.

canadacraig

Hello!! :o) I understand WHY you [and others] might think that's a great idea - but sometimes - in order to SAVE ones LIFE - it is necessary TO go over the speed limit. An example of one of those times would be whenever we are trying to merge in with traffic. Another example would be when we are passing a slow moving truck. The less time one spends in the oncoming traffic's lane - the SAFER it is for everyone. Besides - it's not speed that kills. It's unsafe driving that kills. If there is no one on the road but me - I could drive my car at 150 MPH and be perfectly safe. Perhaps a warning buzzer to remind driver's that they are tailgating might be a better idea. Craig!! :o)

mel

it's appealing to go beyond the law, and car makers exploit this.

I agree with what your saying; like the governors they put on go carts.

eagle_hunter75

Well speeding tickets is one the best source of revenue generation for cops, so if they start making vehicles with restricted speed most of the cops would be out of their jobs.

Michelle

Some autos have governors that are lower. I had a '97 Chevrolet S-10 that had a governor set at 90. Now my dad was angry to know that I had gone that fast to find that out.

Billy

Because it would be useless. Cars now have governors on them but you can go to any auto website and purchase a chip to bypass that governor and make the car go faster. If they put restrictions on cars to limit their speed then they would need to put restrictions on the chip manufacturers so they couldn't produce those chips, which in turn would hurt the economy. Also if you restrict the speed in which people can drive you will decrease the revenue generated by speeding tickets and the government would lose out.

spiker87

most cars are "governed" meaning when they reach speeds upwards or 180-200km/h or whatever that is in mph, the car shuts off briefly until your speed reduces and then comes back on... why it isnt lowered is beyond me, but most cars these days have governors

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