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Cars will have a kinetic energy limit, not a speed limit. This would be based on the current speed limits, as applied to the lightest car currently available on the market.

Lorraine Wilson@rainewilson.bsky.social

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23/6/26, 10:33 am3 reposts7 likes

Olivier Usher

@ojusher.com

23 June

E.g. a Suzuki Ignis at 895kg driving at 30mph = that sets the standard kinetic energy limit at 80.5kJ. For a Range Rover Sport at 2735kg, 80.5kJ of kinetic energy is achieved at a speed of 17.16mph, so that's how fast they're allowed to go.

Olivier Usher

@ojusher.com

23 June

As Stewart Lee would say, it's a joke. But, coincidentally, as well as it being a joke, it's what I think should actually happen.

Alex

@blangry.bsky.social

23 June

Imagining a punishment system where the car is damaged by the amount of energy you exceeded the limit by, concentrated into a spike.