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London's latest traffic control: GPS speed limiters
AutoWeek has a story about a fleet of 12 Toyota Priuses in London fitted with GPS-based speed governors. The trial is being conducted by Transport for London, the city’s transportation agency, using its own vehicles.
Outside observers fear Big Brother-like control of speed control and automated tolls/charges. According to AutoWeek, the trial has been going for a bit more than a month.
"Most drivers didn't like the idea at first," said Chris Lines, Transport for London road safety chief. "But some start to like it. It saves them getting speeding tickets." Downsides? " The main thing they notice is the big queue of vehicles that builds up behind them sometimes," Lines said.
Read more at Autoweek.com.
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Clifford Atiyeh edits the Cars section on Boston.com and is an automotive correspondent for The Boston Globe. He has spent his entire life driving cars he doesn't own.
In the garage: 2008 MBTA Zone 1A monthly pass, 1995 21-speed Iron Horse. Bill Griffith is an automotive correspondent for The Boston Globe and has reviewed cars for 10 years. He was also the Globe's assistant sports editor for 25 years and the paper's sports media columnist.
In the garage (over the years): 1956 T-Bird, 1959 Nash Metropolitan, 1980 El Camino, 1997 supercharged Camry TRD.
In the garage: 2008 MBTA Zone 1A monthly pass, 1995 21-speed Iron Horse. Bill Griffith is an automotive correspondent for The Boston Globe and has reviewed cars for 10 years. He was also the Globe's assistant sports editor for 25 years and the paper's sports media columnist.
In the garage (over the years): 1956 T-Bird, 1959 Nash Metropolitan, 1980 El Camino, 1997 supercharged Camry TRD.
