Mandatory speed limiters to be introduced in EU and Northern Ireland

From July 7 all new cars sold in the EU and in Northern Ireland must have a range of technical safety features fitted as standard. The most notable of these is intelligent speed assistance – or colloquially, a speed limiter, The Guardian writes.

Similar features were already installed in cars, but a lot of people tend to switch the relevant systems off.

From now on, however, cars will be designed with systems that are impossible to permanently turn off, restarting each time the engine does.

As well as the limiter, other features, including automated lane-keeping and autonomous emergency braking, will become mandatory.