What a load of shit!

[greenmeanie]

I read in the paper yesterday that the government are in discussions regarding putting some sort of computer chip in new bike engines. This chip will communicate with a satellite. If the bike exceeds the speed limit you will recieve 3 warnings. The first being a buzzer in your helmet ( yea rite ), on the second warning it will shake your seat violently then the third it will cut your throttle completely!! has anyone else read about this? where the hell does the goverment get these fucking stupid ideas from?? this is genuine i aint joking! will try research into it more. The idea of this actually happening nearly makes me pyshically sick!
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[steveh]

1 bullshit
2 how will they do that to peoples helmets and its stupid and dangerous
3 shaking the seat??? wtf, thats lies as thats really dangerous
4 shutting the throttle off? my god the insanity of it all.

stupid, will never happen.
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If its in the sun it must be true
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[Mister James]

The rather dubious story contained the further caveat that Ladyman doesn't plan on making any such system compulsory.

Which means noone would buy it.
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[greenmeanie]

The Sun
THU 10 AUG 2006
Ed: 2GMD
Pg: 27
Word Count: 222 Satellites to cut out bike speeders;Exclusive
Spy-in-sky plan 'lethal' SPEEDING bikers are to have their throttles shut down by SATELLITE, it was revealed last night. But motorcycle experts have c...


thats the only snippet of the story i can get, you have to pay to get the rest. i hope no one is that fucking stupid to let it happen so i wouldnt worry too much. But why would anyone have such a stupid fucking idea in the first place??
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[steveh]

IF and thats a big IF they get theses "throttle shut offs" there will be a way round them, there always is.

its just too dangerous to work.
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[zenith10]

imagine your throttle shutting off when your going dow nthe motorway

[Jack_Cheese]

The full story said it will gradually shut your throttle off. How many times have you had to use a good old twist of the right wrist to get you out of trouble? I'd bet it hapens on a regular basis.

It's just as stupid as the car that couldn't speed, and was limited by a gps speedo.

Jack
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[Mister James]

I flicked through it at work, it said that first there would be audible beeps in your helmet, then your seat would start vibrating violently - just what you need in the middle of an overtake or when leant over, eh?!
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[Minty]

I read about it, Ladyboy said it would be voluntary following a similar scheme in France. Paper did actually say it would never happen and expected such things, when fitted, to reduce insurance premiums and that was about it.

Typical Sun, big banner headlines then say it is no big deal.
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[colin1]

i am guessing that 'the paper' in question was mcn

the national inquiror of the biking world

if the story were true, it would be great as the value of my bikes would go up as no one would want to buy a new bike anymore as they all come with chips

so demand for old bikes would go up
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[Kickstart]

Hi

This has been going on for ages. The initial study was done about 6 years ago (ABD press release about it), and they have been busy developing the cars and now bike since then. There is a fair chance that it could happen, and they also think it would only need ~60% of the cars on the road to have them fitted for it to slow all the traffic down (basically clog the roads up).

Suspect the first stage would be to use Health & Safety rules to insist that company cars must have it fitted.

Getting round it? If voluntary then not a problem. If compulsory then do not expect to be able to ride / drive older vehicles on the road normally for long afterwards.

All the best

Keith
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[Jack_Cheese]

It was the sun, owned by Rupert Murdoch, so you can guarantee it's accurate.

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[andrea]

I read it in mcn, i hope to god it never happens, cause if it does i'm off to nz or anywhere that doesnt have this bloody government

[moonym20]

weren't Lotus doing a study ages and ages ago into this?

i know they had an engine that worked on vairable valve timing to turn a 4 stroke to a 6 stroke to be more efficient. They were going to branch on this technology stating that the engine could then be 'controled' by satalite or speed signs to restrict the max speed & power output of the car upto the allowed speed. I duno if that is still being persued?

I think the goverment would be more in favour of the intellegent Speed Camera's that log your time between cameras to find your average speed then impose a fine if your too fast easy money for them
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[wmccull]

Its probably an idea Blair got from Bush and thought , " yeah totally good idea "

I can see the accident toll rising if the law is past
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[JDP]

Ive heard that after three your bike will self destruct
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[bazza]

I think after a couple of National 20mph Days, where every driver/rider refuses to travel at more than 20 - including m-ways - might wake up that dozy bunch of Whitehall feckwits...
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[fuzz]

It's all true, all of it. All new bikes will come with a helmet that only protects you on that particular bike, so you have to wear it. The buzzer is inside the shell, so you cant get to it, and is connected wirelessly to the ECU.

The seat has what has been called in the design stage "Bucking Bronco" technology, allowing you to be shaken violently until you turn a corner, at which point you will fall off.

The third warning isn't so much a closed throttle, it's actually a small EMP pulse that is triggered, completely shutting the bike down. Of course, if you're filtering at the time, it will also cause vehicles engines either side of you to turn off, so filtering will become illegal. Any attempt to filter will instantly activate the brakes.
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[Wave2k]

lemme just overtake this car, oops my throttle just cut off and a lorry is comming.
dead
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