UK lobbying groups speak out against "External Throttle Control"

[Bob]

I've merged these two threads together, as they both cover the same subject.

Hope this doesn't cause confusion!

This GPS issue really worries me - nice to be able to work out where you are, but the next step is that it gets used for road charging (it will allow for variable charging based on location and time of day) and then onto the real worry, which is external control of speed - by which we mean drop your revs... scary prospect when you're leaning the bike over into a bend.

Bob

[Ixion]

It occurs to me that the "revs drop" aspect is the critical technical flaw in the theory. If the spy in the sky sees that you are going to fast and buttons off the throttle, the revs must indeed drop. But what if you are already at the point where the revs (pre spy-droppd) are at the lowest the engine will accept in that gear? So, the throttle is closed, the revs drop, and the engine stalls! Fancy a stalled engine mid corner? It would be OK with an automatic, which would change down, but there are very few automatic bikes. Best make sure they don't do trials with auto scooters and assume it will equate to bikes.

Probaby a simpler arguement to get across to the mandarins, too. They'll never understand how a bike's cornering is affected by speed and throttle, but they can understand "Do that and the engine will stall"