Volvo decides speeding is no longer in its philosophy. While German carmakers usually govern their cars to a maximum 250km/h, the Swedish firm will in future plod along at no more than 180km/h. Picture: SUPPLIED
In the motor show at the junction of Italy, France and Germany, Volvo’s move in the name of safety was all anybody could talk about. “We want to start a conversation about whether car makers have the right or maybe even an obligation to install technology in cars that changes their driver’s behaviour, to tackle things like speeding, intoxication or distraction,” Volvo Cars CEO Håkan Samuelsson said.
Samuelsson’s reasoning is that Volvo wants to reduce the number of crashes where speed is a contributing factor – though nobody in Europe has yet to die in a crash in one of its new-generation Volvos.
Stupid decision.