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Speed on the screen
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Help may be on the way for heavy-booted HGV drivers tf plans by the DfT for a new digital database of speed limits comes to fruition.
The proposed database would allow speed limits to be automatically flashed up on a screen in the cab and could, in the future, be linked to other technology currently being trialled in Leeds to force drivers to keep within the law.
Currently there is no central record of speed limits anywhere in the country and details of local speed limits are kept by individual local authorities. Plans now being drawn up would see the development of a central database which would be made freely available to telematic service providers for use in navigation and road safety advisory systems. Drivers could, for example, be advised of safe speeds at upcoming bends in the road or when approaching other hazards.
The DfT expects to be in a position to call for tenders for the development of the database later this year. It is currently funding the trials that will allow the remote control of a vehicle's speed. This system Intelligent Speed Adaptation is being trialled jointly by the University of Leeds and the Motor Industry Research Association, although there are no plans at present to introduce the system on British roads.