[OT] Orwell is alive and well in Canada

[Bill Campbell]

On Thu, Dec 01, 2005, David Bandel wrote:
>On 12/1/05, burns <linux at burnsmacdonald.com> wrote:
>> They just had a clip on the news where the Chief of Crash Avoidance Technology
>> for the Canadian Department of Transportation  (Transport Canada) was
>> demonstrating technology that they were considering making mandatory across
>> the country...
>>
>> A satellite GPS-enabled device that calculates your speed and will prevent the
>> gas pedal from being depressed further once you have reached the mandated
>> speed limit. Apparently, Toronto and Ottawa's speed zones have already been
>> digitally mapped.
>
>That's not only stupid, it's criminally, negligently dangerous.
>
>If the speed limit is 50 and some moron wants to drive 45, how are you
>going to safely accelerate and pass if your car stops accelerating at
>50 (but the bozo has suddenly decided he likes 49).  I see head-on
>collisions coming.  And anyone having one should sue the pants off the
>DOT for wrongful death.

I thought there might have been similar lawsuits when the Quebecois made it
mandatory to have French-only traffic signs.

Bill
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