All UK cars to have speed limiters by 2022

Road safety groups hail ‘biggest overhaul in 50 years’

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All new cars are to be fitted with devices that make sure they automatically keep to the speed limit.

The changes to vehicle safety rules have been provisionally agreed by the European Union and the UK regulator, the Vehicle Certification Agency, has said it will mirror safety standards for vehicles in the UK regardless of the outcome of Brexit.

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