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Speed-Slowing Device To Be Piloted In Scotland
Thu, 02 Jul 2009

Drivers in Scotland are to trial a new device that use Intelligent Speed Adaptation’ (ISA) to prevent motorists from speeding .

Using a GPS system and an onboard computer, the ISA device has the ability to recognise the speed limit in force on every road and automatically slow a speeding vehicle to the local limit, according to officials.

ISA has already been tested in England, where researchers at Leeds University claim that the risk of death or serious injury in vehicles fitted with ISA was reduced by 24 per cent.

The move is part of a new road safety strategy, which aims to reduce serious injuries on roads in Scotland by half and road deaths in the country by 40 per cent.

Announcing the plan, transport minister Stewart Stevenson said that the wider strategy will include looking at the possibility of restrictions on newly qualified drivers, such as limits on the number of passengers, engine size and speed.

The road safety scheme also includes proposals to encourage local councils to introduce 20mph zones in all residential areas, and improve school bus safety .
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