under unintelligent control

there is talk of putting "intelligent speed adaptation" into vehicles to force them to comply with speed limits.

i don't need some crap piece of electronics changing the speed of my 'bike to make it comply with an arbitrary speed limit set by some know-nothing bureaucrat who doesn't even ride the roads i use; someone who doesn't even ride, let alone rack up 10,000+ miles a year on a 'bike as i do.

i use the accelerator on my 'bike as often as i use the brakes for the purpose of getting me safely away from the half-arsed maneouvres of four-wheeler drivers. how am i going to be safer having my speed limited by some useless piece of silicon, when it will prevent 50% of my avoiding actions just because they push me over the speed limit?

the is the sort of idiotic "safety" equipment that could only be invented by some half-wit who has never, ever been near a fucking motorbike and has no fucking clue how they are used or how safe their fast acceleration and high top speeds can make them - used judiciously, obviously - i'm not dumb enough to pretend that others would believe that high speeds at all times are safe - that's why arbitrary speed limits are stupid, too - they encourage people to stick to limits which may be too fast for the circumstances.

i don't need government telling me what's fucking good for me. i know what's good for me - no interference with my safety by some electronic piece of shit.

until all mps, roads researchers, road safety "experts" and all the other interfering bastards have passed their 'bike tests, use their 'bikes every day and know what it's like to ride with lazy bastard four-wheeler drivers cutting corners, pulling out of junctions without looking, deliberately driving towards my 'bike, over-taking on corners, using excessive speed when it's clearly unsafe - they can fuck off and stop interfering with my freedom to choose what's the safe thing to do in any set of circumstances.

road safety is a matter of education. no amount of enforcement, especially such a stupid means of enforcement, is going to make the roads safer.

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