Under the proposals new cars would be fitted with cameras that could read road speed limit signs and automatically apply the brakes when this is exceeded.

Patrick McLoughlin, the Transport Secretary, is said to be opposed to the plans, which could also mean existing cars are sent to garages to be fitted with the speed limiters, preventing them from going over 70mph.

The new measures have been announced by the European Commission�s Mobility and Transport Department as a measure to reduce the 30,000 people who die on the roads in Europe every year.

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Read more:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/road...d-limiters.html

Well, that's in Europe. Something like that would never come here. We love our freedoms too much, you see.

Why, saying something like that would ever come here would be as silly as saying that we would ever elect a Marxist president.

Or, saying we would stand by while socialized medicine was imposed on us by smoke and mirrors and, ultimately, by Judicial fiat.

It's just not gonna happen. We love our freedoms too much . . .

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A Government source told the Mail on Sunday Mr McLoughlin had instructed officials to block the move because they �violated� motorists� freedom. They said: �This has Big Brother written all over it and is exactly the sort of thing that gets people's backs up about Brussels.

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Hilarious. This comment is coming from a guy who represents the country with the most surveillance cameras per citizen in the world.