Here in Karnataka, government is pushing (its not actually govt, its the High Court) speed governors, but they are doing so only for commercial vehicles. If there is a reason or basis for why trucks and lorries are being targeted and not the private cars as well, I would like to know that.
I want to bring in the angle of usage of technology for enforcing speed limits. I had dreamt highly sophasticated speed governor system in this post (http://praja.in/blog/silk...).
Using a speed governor that can be controlled remotely from a tollgate like structure, we can enforce speed limits in real and hard sense. Depending on the road or area you enter, gadgets would rest your speed limit. This could be cumbersome if overused. Optimal scenario would be to reset these as you cross from highways to city area.
Its just ridiculous that when no road in our country has speed limit higher than 80, vehicle manufacturers sell vehicles that can do 150 kmph or more. Isn't this a bit like selling cigerattes. Speed kills, this point is not up for debate, and that is why we have the concept of speed limits.
Why not use technology to leapfrog the area of traffic enforcement? The technology is here, and it can be made to work. Speed enforcement would be simple. Stop any random vehicle, read the setting of its intelligent speed governor. If it is found to be higher than what it should be for that road (the guy could be tampering), license gone. Simple.
Technology will sure have costs for the users (vehicle buyers). So what? Don't we pay for seat belts which are now mandatory. We do so for helmets as well.
Speed Cams
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The lazy way