A particular manufacturer update coming to new vehicles in 2022 will prevent thousands of owners from being handed speeding fines in Ireland.
A new agreement among the European Commission will see newly built cars fitted with a speed limiter from July this year.
The system, known as Intelligent Speed Assistance, is one of the many safety measures to become mandatory in European vehicles.
It will use GPS data and sign recognition cameras built into the car to detect speed limits wherever you may be.
Then it will sound a warning and automatically slow the vehicle down if it is exceeding the detected limit.
However, it is understood that drivers will be able to override the device by continuing to press on the accelerator, which some officials have said is a necessary feature for safety.
Some motoring groups have argued that in certain situations, like when you’re trying to quickly overtake a vehicle in front, driving over the speed limit could be safer.
These new features have been announced in line with plans to make EU roads safer.
It is believed that the new limiting measures could save up to 25,000 lives and could avoid over 140,000 serious injuries by 2038.
An Garda Siochana issued approximately 320,500 Fixed Charge Notices for rules broken on Irish roads, 179,400 of which were for speeding offences.
There have been 14 deaths on Irish roads alone so far in 2022, according to Garda statistics.
