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  1. 30th December 2008, 11:20 #1
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    More Government Meddling! And this time, they are after your car!

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7803997.stm

    Is it me, or has the world gone completely mad?
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  2. 30th December 2008, 13:25 #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kneeslider
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7803997.stm

    Is it me, or has the world gone completely mad?
    I wouldn't mind having it in my donkey cart, so long as I can override it when I don't "need" it

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  3. 30th December 2008, 13:39 #3
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    I'd be more annoyed about these:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7661013.stm

    ...but only if they start checking foreign number plates for a match at all ferry ports :
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  4. 30th December 2008, 14:25 #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kneeslider
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7803997.stm

    Is it me, or has the world gone completely mad?
    Voluntary, so I wont be signing up to it......
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  5. 30th December 2008, 17:45 #5
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    You know.. It will start voluntary but it will then be that you can't get insurance without one fitted.
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  6. 30th December 2008, 18:41 #6
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    This is brilliant! It means I can change CD's, send text messages and read the newspaper while I'm driving without having to worry about the speed limit.
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  7. 30th December 2008, 19:24 #7
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    Slippery slope
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
    This is brilliant! It means I can change CD's, send text messages and read the newspaper while I'm driving without having to worry about the speed limit.


    That's the sort of positive attitude I'm all in favour of. It's like the Iraq war — great news for coffin and body-bag suppliers to the US military.
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  9. 31st December 2008, 13:58 #9
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    Those who most need a device like this won't get one fitted and those who already obey limits might consider it only to reduce their insurance bills. Pointless, then

    By the way, it's in no way a case of the powers that be trying to meddle again - limiters have been out there for sale for years already and are nothing new. Anyway, it would slash the speed camera income
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  10. 1st January 2009, 08:21 #10
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    You know...if you want to make the roads safe here is the BEST plan. Outlaw Cars. Oh ya.....that will REALLY make things safe. Not going anywhere is safe too. Damned dull too.

    Never seen a government full of nannystate libreals yet that hasn't tried to find new ways to save us from ourselves.....
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