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The European Union (EU) has a to stop cars speeding. It hopes to reduce the of people who die in traffic accidents. Around 30,000 are lost each year on Europe's roads. The EU's project uses a technology called intelligent speed authority (ISA). This is a small box that is put inside the car. It costs about $380. The transport said it could cut the number of road deaths by one- by the year 2020. The system uses satellites that communicate with cars. There are two that can happen. One is that the driver gets a about the speed limit. The other is that the automatically puts on the brakes and slows the car down to a safer .

Not everyone is with this idea. Many people in Britain do not want the EU them how to drive. The British transport minister Patrick McLoughlin said it took away the freedom of . British politicians believe the ISA system is because the UK has fewer road deaths than other European countries. In 2012, 1,754 people died on British roads. This was from 1,901 in 2011 and the lowest since records began in 1926. In Germany, there were 3,657 last year. A UK motoring organisation warned that ISA could be . It said: "If you were overtaking a tractor and needed to accelerate to avoid [], you would not be able to."

 
 

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