Cars should be fitted with speed-limiters to help prevent accidents and cut carbon emissions, claim government advisers. Ministers are planning to help councils draw up digital maps with details of the legal speed on every road.The device then uses satellite positioning to check if a vehicle is breaking the speed limit and will automatically slow a car down and apply the brakes if necessary.
The speed-limiting technology could prevent up to 29 per cent of road accidents which cause injuries.
But campaigners believe the devices are dangerous because they lull drivers into a 'zombie mode'. (Source: Daily Mail)