IMHO such a system will never be effective. How long before folks figure out how
to bypass the regulator with a shunt? Wouldn't that be breaking a law? (May we
see a show of hands... how many of us have disabled smog equipment in our MG's?
And, what about those of us who have modified intake and carbs? Hands down,
thanks.) The stats from a variety of nations keep telling us that increased
speed does not correlate to increased highway death rates. Yet, each time "they"
want to force something down our gullets, we are told "Lives will be saved."
Phooey. Why, I ask, have I never, ever heard of anyone asking how to install an
after market air bag in an MG??? Is it even possible to buy one? I wonder if it
has anything to do with their ineffectiveness in most real world collision
circumstances (i.e. a California freeway multiple car pile up)? I'll keep my
seat belts, thank you.
I think replacing legislators who vote for such crap is a better idea. At least
in the USA, we already have far too many ineffective laws that cost us a lot of
money but do little else. Besides, can you imagine how unhappy the highway
patrol would be with a speed regulating device? Who would they give all those
speeding tickets to? How would they ever justify their agency's existence?
Jim
PS: Thank you for the use of the soap box; would its owner please retrieve it on
the way out?
Paul Hunt wrote:
> There was a demo of it on TV some weeks ago, and again on Driven last night,
> and they *were* talking about retrospective fitting. A feed back mechanism
> is precisely what it does have, controlling the fuel supply to match the
> posted speed. Now if they do that on my B's by controlling the fuel pump I
> should still have a couple of miles at warp speed before the float bowls
> empty sufficiently ...
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jordon <pigsfly@home.com>
> To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 2:32 AM
> Subject: No More Speeding in the UK?
>
> >
> > Just saw this posted in a motorcycle newsgroup.
> >
> > Can't vouch for anything in the article but I hope it doesn't catch on
> here
> > in the states.
> >
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/000104-000009.html
> >
> > Jordon
> > 79 B
> > 98 HD
> >
> >
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