The European Union (EU) has a plan to stop cars speeding. It hopes to reduce the number of traffic-accident deaths. Around 30,000 lives are lost each year in Europe'. It will use a digital technology called intelligent speed authority (ISA). It costs about $380. Satellites communicate with cars. Two things can happen. One is that the driver gets a warning about the speed limit. The other is that the technology automatically puts on the car's brakes and slows it down to a safer speed. The transport department said it could cut road deaths by one-third by 2020.

Not everyone is happy with this idea. People in Britain do not want the EU telling them how to drive. The British transport minister said it took away the freedom of motorists. British politicians believe it is unnecessary because the UK has fewer road deaths than other countries. In 2012, 1,754 people died on British roads. This was down from 1,901 in 2011 and the lowest figure since records began in 1926. In Germany, there were 3,657 fatalities last year. A UK motoring organisation warned that ISA could be dangerous. It said you couldn't accelerate to avoid crashing if you had to.