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I've always wondered why production cars for road use can ever go over 100 mph. Put a governor at 65 mph and you never have to both enforcing speeding tickets a

I've always wondered why production cars for road use can ever go over 100 mph. Put a governor at 65 mph and you never have to both enforcing speeding tickets again. I'm not advocating for this, but if it's so bad they will take away your ability to drive over it why not limit it mechanically?

qzervaas 11y ago
Because fines provide revenue?
batbomb 11y ago
There are actually places in the US where the speed limit is 80 and 85. That's not 100, but it's quite a bit more than 65.
- cmdrfred 11y ago
  I was not aware. I make the same case with 85 as I did 65. Throw in a GPS and you could make the distinction.
  - winfred 11y ago
    Then in 10 years, someone, somewhere decides that 90 is acceptable on a specific road. Now all cars with limiters need to be modified. Want to be able to change it remotely? Now you add an attack vector. Throw in a GPS? Now you're asking for additional government monitoring that is mandatory and might be (will be) used for spying purposes.
    - noir_lord 11y ago
      You could design a GPS speed limiter that doesn't track location, TomTom's had an "overspeed" warning 10 years ago, it would go orange if you went over the speed limit and go red and make a bong noise if you went way over, My old boss used to drive fast so I saw that quite a lot (in the end I told him I wouldn't share a car with him if he didn't stick to the speed limit).
  - detaro 11y ago
    Nissan GT-R's have (at least in Japan, where it is as far as I know mandatory, not sure if they are removed in international sales) limiters that deactivate when they are on a white-listed race track.
HeyLaughingBoy 11y ago
Speed limit on the highway by my house is 70. If you are doing less than 75 during rush hour you will be passed by a stream of cars. I've been overtaken while doing close to 90.
eru 11y ago
They do that in Germany. Higher end cars come with a governor that caps the speed at 250 km/h. (That's around 155 mph, for the unenlightened.) That's still below the legal speed limit on some German roads. But it's above the highest recommended speed of 130 km/h (~ 80 mph). The governor is merely a gentlemen's agreement between the big car manufacturers, and any garage will take it out no questions asked.
ArkyBeagle 11y ago
You may actually need to go 100 MPH in traffic. Speed limits are 85 in places, and 15 over that may be required to maneuver. Speed limits on interstate class roads seem pretty dangerous to me - you can watch people thinking "but I'll get a ticket" and backing off at bad times. Of course, I guess of there were no signs with numbers on them they'd drive 115 and kill themselves.
brbsix 11y ago
Large sport bikes have governors. Want to guess the limit? 186 mph.

qzervaas 11y ago

Because fines provide revenue?

batbomb 11y ago

There are actually places in the US where the speed limit is 80 and 85. That's not 100, but it's quite a bit more than 65.

cmdrfred 11y ago
I was not aware. I make the same case with 85 as I did 65. Throw in a GPS and you could make the distinction.
- winfred 11y ago
  Then in 10 years, someone, somewhere decides that 90 is acceptable on a specific road. Now all cars with limiters need to be modified. Want to be able to change it remotely? Now you add an attack vector. Throw in a GPS? Now you're asking for additional government monitoring that is mandatory and might be (will be) used for spying purposes.
  - noir_lord 11y ago
    You could design a GPS speed limiter that doesn't track location, TomTom's had an "overspeed" warning 10 years ago, it would go orange if you went over the speed limit and go red and make a bong noise if you went way over, My old boss used to drive fast so I saw that quite a lot (in the end I told him I wouldn't share a car with him if he didn't stick to the speed limit).
- detaro 11y ago
  Nissan GT-R's have (at least in Japan, where it is as far as I know mandatory, not sure if they are removed in international sales) limiters that deactivate when they are on a white-listed race track.

HeyLaughingBoy 11y ago

Speed limit on the highway by my house is 70. If you are doing less than 75 during rush hour you will be passed by a stream of cars. I've been overtaken while doing close to 90.

eru 11y ago

They do that in Germany. Higher end cars come with a governor that caps the speed at 250 km/h. (That's around 155 mph, for the unenlightened.) That's still below the legal speed limit on some German roads. But it's above the highest recommended speed of 130 km/h (~ 80 mph). The governor is merely a gentlemen's agreement between the big car manufacturers, and any garage will take it out no questions asked.

ArkyBeagle 11y ago

You may actually need to go 100 MPH in traffic. Speed limits are 85 in places, and 15 over that may be required to maneuver. Speed limits on interstate class roads seem pretty dangerous to me - you can watch people thinking "but I'll get a ticket" and backing off at bad times. Of course, I guess of there were no signs with numbers on them they'd drive 115 and kill themselves.

brbsix 11y ago

Large sport bikes have governors. Want to guess the limit? 186 mph.