A few years ago i saw an Italian truck that a satelite had locked down the engine to immoblise it to prevent hijacking.
Could the same technolgy be used to make any vehicle adhere to all speed limits ?
So you are doing 56 on a single carriagway and you get a computer that makes the engine do 40 mph.
Don’t see any reason why a hard wired in sat nav shouldn’t be able to do this, and have every suspicion it will in due course, the latest lorries are already cutting the power as you approach the brow of a hill when CC is used (compulsory soon?), the technology is already in place.
When road pricing comes in, if it’s satellite linked we’ll all be sticking religiously to the limits in every vehicle, for all our transgressions will be there in electronic form with an accompanying electronic fine plus licence points.
Edit…hmm thinking about this further tailgating will cease when (compulsory) active cruise becomes the norm, that’ll be fun when the twit in the car suddenly dives in front of you and the lorry slams the anchors on automatically to maintain the gap.
I’m sure there’s lots of other wonderful technological benefits on the way too.
So glad i’ve got 6 or 7 years left only, progress as we know it now can get stuffed.
My son-in-law tells the story of a customer whose 1 year old tractor wouldn’t start. He failed to find the problem, so contacted the factory, to be told that the customer was two months behind on his payments, so the tractor had been immobilised by HQ.
It seems that technology knows no bounds now.
There is a tv show from America that shows bait cars being used to arrest car thieves.
Bait car. The car is locked down by a computer to trap the thief.
I am not sure how an airliner can land without the pilot touching the controls ?
Juddian:
Edit…hmm thinking about this further tailgating will cease when (compulsory) active cruise becomes the norm, that’ll be fun when the twit in the car suddenly dives in front of you and the lorry slams the anchors on automatically to maintain the gap.
That happened to me just last night. Car came flying down a slip, out in front of me at full throttle and then saw a speed camera and slammed his brakes on. Adaptive Cruise Control nearly had me through the window trying to maintain the gap as a loud alarm started sounding. Woke me up!
I’ve just got my hands on a shiny new Renault T-Range. Was telling my old man about all the driver aids etc. He said they’re making the things so easy to drive pretty soon the only job for the driver will be to open the fridge and feed the monkey. 
toby1234abc:
I am not sure how an airliner can land without the pilot touching the controls ?
By auto pilot & auto land.
emmerson2:
My son-in-law tells the story of a customer whose 1 year old tractor wouldn’t start. He failed to find the problem, so contacted the factory, to be told that the customer was two months behind on his payments, so the tractor had been immobilised by HQ.
It seems that technology knows no bounds now.
Here in Calgary, one of those garages that sells cars, good credit/ bad credit, everyone guaranteed to buy have this for the bad creditors. A woman at work got immobilised until she caught up with her payments.
Juddian:
Don’t see any reason why a hard wired in sat nav shouldn’t be able to do this, and have every suspicion it will in due course, the latest lorries are already cutting the power as you approach the brow of a hill when CC is used (compulsory soon?), the technology is already in place.When road pricing comes in, if it’s satellite linked we’ll all be sticking religiously to the limits in every vehicle, for all our transgressions will be there in electronic form with an accompanying electronic fine plus licence points.
Edit…hmm thinking about this further tailgating will cease when (compulsory) active cruise becomes the norm, that’ll be fun when the twit in the car suddenly dives in front of you and the lorry slams the anchors on automatically to maintain the gap.
I’m sure there’s lots of other wonderful technological benefits on the way too.So glad i’ve got 6 or 7 years left only, progress as we know it now can get stuffed.
So close to this happening you wouldn’t believe it. You’re right we will all just be steering wheel attendants in due course - about 10/15 yrs I reckon!
neilg14:
emmerson2:
My son-in-law tells the story of a customer whose 1 year old tractor wouldn’t start. He failed to find the problem, so contacted the factory, to be told that the customer was two months behind on his payments, so the tractor had been immobilised by HQ.
It seems that technology knows no bounds now.Here in Calgary, one of those garages that sells cars, good credit/ bad credit, everyone guaranteed to buy have this for the bad creditors. A woman at work got immobilised until she caught up with her payments.
My other half works for a car dealership in Granthem that specialises in finding credit for the err less savoury members of the public. Nearly all their cars go out with an immobiliser box fitted which the credit company can activate if they fall behind on their repayments.
the maoster:
neilg14:
emmerson2:
My son-in-law tells the story of a customer whose 1 year old tractor wouldn’t start. He failed to find the problem, so contacted the factory, to be told that the customer was two months behind on his payments, so the tractor had been immobilised by HQ.
It seems that technology knows no bounds now.Here in Calgary, one of those garages that sells cars, good credit/ bad credit, everyone guaranteed to buy have this for the bad creditors. A woman at work got immobilised until she caught up with her payments.
My other half works for a car dealership in Granthem that specialises in finding credit for the err less savoury members of the public. Nearly all their cars go out with an immobiliser box fitted which the credit company can activate if they fall behind on their repayments.
Is this legal? Do they have to tell the customer that it’s fitted? Is there tracking device too? Just wondering by the way if I’m considered to be unsavoury!
Aren’t the EU trying to bring this GPS linked speed limiter in for all vehicles? Sure I remember reading about it somewhere.
Sometimes you can lose your Gps signal in adverse weather conditions so don’t see how it can be that safe
at controlling your speed.
fredthered:
Juddian:
Don’t see any reason why a hard wired in sat nav shouldn’t be able to do this, and have every suspicion it will in due course, the latest lorries are already cutting the power as you approach the brow of a hill when CC is used (compulsory soon?), the technology is already in place.When road pricing comes in, if it’s satellite linked we’ll all be sticking religiously to the limits in every vehicle, for all our transgressions will be there in electronic form with an accompanying electronic fine plus licence points.
Edit…hmm thinking about this further tailgating will cease when (compulsory) active cruise becomes the norm, that’ll be fun when the twit in the car suddenly dives in front of you and the lorry slams the anchors on automatically to maintain the gap.
I’m sure there’s lots of other wonderful technological benefits on the way too.So glad i’ve got 6 or 7 years left only, progress as we know it now can get stuffed.
So close to this happening you wouldn’t believe it. You’re right we will all just be steering wheel attendants in due course - about 10/15 yrs I reckon!
to late mate we already are as well as monkey’s working for peanut’s
scaniason:
Aren’t the EU trying to bring this GPS linked speed limiter in for all vehicles? Sure I remember reading about it somewhere.
They are looking at the next generation Tachographs being linked to GPS with 3 hourly location fixes, so it wouldn’t take much to link in to a limiter as well.
fredthered:
Is this legal? Do they have to tell the customer that it’s fitted? Is there tracking device too? Just wondering by the way if I’m considered to be unsavoury!
Afaik it is legal and the customers are aware. They’ve no chance of obtaining credit elsewhere so part of the terms they agree to prior to receiving the credit is to have one of these little black boxes fitted.
If it helps Fred I think that you are a savoury character as you’ve never ripped me off. So I’ll vouch for you mate.
My old camper van, in reality a top of the range, mega bucks Swift, had a tracker that would alert me by text if the vehicle was ever stolen. I could then text the tracker and immobilise it.
The engine battery once went flat, the alarm sensed it as an “attack”, and I had a phone call from Stockholm telling me the 'van had been broken into.
Ain’t technology great 
fredthered:
the maoster:
neilg14:
emmerson2:
My son-in-law tells the story of a customer whose 1 year old tractor wouldn’t start. He failed to find the problem, so contacted the factory, to be told that the customer was two months behind on his payments, so the tractor had been immobilised by HQ.
It seems that technology knows no bounds now.Here in Calgary, one of those garages that sells cars, good credit/ bad credit, everyone guaranteed to buy have this for the bad creditors. A woman at work got immobilised until she caught up with her payments.
My other half works for a car dealership in Granthem that specialises in finding credit for the err less savoury members of the public. Nearly all their cars go out with an immobiliser box fitted which the credit company can activate if they fall behind on their repayments.
Is this legal? Do they have to tell the customer that it’s fitted? Is there tracking device too? Just wondering by the way if I’m considered to be unsavoury!
I don’t know what the law says but she knew the immobilizer was fitted.
UPS IN aMERICA HAVE A DEVICE WHEREBY ANY OF THEIR VEHICLES ENTER ANY OF THEIR DEPOTS AND THEY AUTOMATICALLY RESTRICT TO THE DEPOT SPEED LIMIT.
neilg14:
Here in Calgary, one of those garages that sells cars, good credit/ bad credit, everyone guaranteed to buy have this for the bad creditors. A woman at work got immobilised until she caught up with her payments.
Am I the only one who imagined this poor woman sitting at her desk with a Denver Boot attached to her ankles?
Traffic Rat:
scaniason:
Aren’t the EU trying to bring this GPS linked speed limiter in for all vehicles? Sure I remember reading about it somewhere.They are looking at the next generation Tachographs being linked to GPS with 3 hourly location fixes, so it wouldn’t take much to link in to a limiter as well.
I’m sure the report I read said it was for everything: cars, vans, motorbikes rtc