Mandatory speed limiters coming to Europe

And data loggers are part of it, too. Won't be long 'till it's here, you can bet on that.

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I am truly surprised that it hasn't come here yet, I figured I would start seeing it about 10 years ago. Pay by mileage is future to figure out how to tax us more...

IIRC Buick had something similar in the 60's(?). You set it at a certain speed and when you went over that a buzzer sounded.

There are cars here with "governors" speed limiter on them. Our 2014 Toyota Venza has it and it is set a 110 MPH....don't ask how I know this, Lol.

What they need is a "get the F out of the left lane you Dbag" siren going off, especially 18 wheelers doing 55 in the left lane of an 80 mph limit highway pulling a rolling road block.

Ought to be open season on them.

Yup, we had a '65 LeSabre with that feature. Can't remember what it was called.

That type make sense to me, they are usually maxed at whatever tire they come with is rated at. Our Dodge Journey would go 118 easily where it hit the limiter. The Durango R/T we got next would also only run 118 lol. We replaced the Durango when it got worth what we paid for it and bought a grand Cherokee, I haven't top speed tested it yet but I am sure it is the same as the Durango and Journey due to tire ratings. I imagine most cars and SUVs today could run 140-150 but they save tons of money by only putting 118mph tires on them. There is plenty of people that don't need to have the ability to go that fast as well!

Doesn't almost every car sold in USA have a speed limiter now?

My 2001 ram van has a rev limiter, it will shut down-sputter at about 4500 so I guess that’s a speed limiter too

The rev limiters like that are for freewheeling RPM limits. Like in neutral. In gear, they will rev to red line.

Third generation Camaros (80's) had a governor on them. If I remember correctly it was just a snip of a single wire to the PCM to disable it.

Buick called it speed minder.

Mine does it in gear

If your engine is limited to below it's red line, I will bet you that something is wrong. We have had a lot of those vans, in fact my son still has one, and they would rev to the red line when in gear.

The article isn't talking about a Top Speed limiter, but one that signals the driver whenever they exceed the posted limit on the road they're on. Just another step towards self-driving. If you've never driven a GM product with "Lane Keep Assist", it vibrates the seat bottom cushion on the side where you're close to the lane line and adds resistance to the steering in that direction. VERY weird the first time it activates on you... When I worked at TAC we called it Drunk Driver Assist...

Data loggers; aka: black boxes, have been on cars in America for several years now.

But haven't been mandatory on all cars.

I felt that the headline was a little misleading too. But it was what it was and I posted it that way. I would support this kind of warning system if the driver had the option to toggle it off. But I won't hold my breath.

What is your red line?

I will try to remember to look tomorrow at my son's van. But I can tell you that it is above 4,500.

You can thank emission laws for this. They can't accelerate because it might use to much fuel, and not burn off properly. But yes, get the F out of the left lane...

6,000 Checked it this morning.

There were exactly zero stock 318 and 360 magnum engines that would do 6000RPM before fuel cutoff in neutral or in gear, most were at or just under 5000. My 2001 dodge ram van with a 360 magnum hits fuel cut off around 4800. I can also tell you that from putting a carb on it they are limited before 6000 RPM by valve float, they have very heavy lifters and very weak valve springs.

Well, I managed to blow past the Ram van part and jumped to minivans. Brain fade on my part.

3.8 V-6 minivans, which is what I am taking about, rev to 6,000. The RPM range should have clued you that I was not talking about a V-8.