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

Not everyone is with this idea. People in Britain do not want the EU telling them how to drive. The British minister said it took away the freedom of . British politicians believe it is because the UK has fewer road than other countries. In 2012, 1,754 people died on British . This was down 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 you couldn't accelerate to avoid if you had to.

 
 

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