All new UK cars will be fitted with mandatory speed limiters from 7th July

A new EU law will mandate speed limiters in new cars and vans, which will read speed limits and prevent speeding.

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00:00From the 7th of July, any new vehicle purchase will be fitted with a speed limiter, after

00:06new EU rules have made them mandatory. Despite Brexit, the law applies here in the UK too.

00:11But what exactly is a speed limiter? How is it likely to change the way we drive? And

00:15why has the new rule been introduced? In 2019, the European Union Commission approved the

00:19plans for all EU member states, and in a move likely to make it more convenient for car

00:24manufacturers shipping vehicles to the UK and European markets, it will also apply here.

00:30From this month, car manufacturers are required by law to fit new vehicles with ISA, or Intelligent

00:35Speed Assist. It works by using GPS data and or traffic sign recognition cameras to work

00:40out what the speed limit is and then prevent you from exceeding it. Government stats show

00:44that 50% of cars exceed the speed limit in 30 zones, and a third of all road deaths occur

00:49because of excessive speed. And so it's hoped the rule will reduce the number of accidents,

00:53injuries and fatalities on our road network. But they're not infallible. Critics point

00:57out they can be unreliable and misinterpret or misread limits. So how do you feel about

01:02the change? And how will it impact road safety?