A Speed limiter is an engine control device which interfaces with the engine control unit (ECU - some people call it brain box) and speedometer of a vehicle to restrict the engine speed once the vehicle reaches a pre-configured speed. A speed limiter may work by reducing the airflow into the vehicle engine, the fuel supply to the engine or adjust the timing of the engine's ignition system to keep the vehicle from exceeding the preset speed limit imposed by the limiter.

Speed limiters are common on many types of vehicles and are usually compulsory devices equipment on trucks and commercial vehicles in some jurisdictions. Different government agencies may enact Laws that require speed limiters for use in commercial vehicles. The main reason for installing speed limiters is that limiting the speed of these type of vehicles may improve highway safety. In the scenario of a passenger car, the reason for speed limiters is generally to prevent the vehicle from exceeding speeds that may affect certain design limitations and improve safety of the vehicle.

The Federal Road Safety Commission in line with a resolution reached with National Automotive Design and Development Council of Nigeria (NADDC), Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) and other stakeholders has made it mandatory for all vehicles in Nigeria with emphasis on commercial vehicles (buses, trailers, tankers and trucks) to install Speed Limiting Device before a deadline of October 1st, 2016.

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How does this reduce the price of garri, fuel and dollar?

They've started again ooo

ok

Good

Would this really work in Nigeria with the African time and last minute hurry syndrome

What's FRSC speed limit for private vehicles, trucks and persenger vehicles each?

Let no officer ask me of my speed limiter ooo. The emphasis is on commercial not private. Understand!?

Nice move at least to reduce the number of accident daily

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I swear I was d first to comment...seems dem de bribe mods for ftc

I have it installed and I am pissed. 'oyibo way raise speedometer reach 220km/h are they fools?'.
Scenarios can occur when I would have to drive beyond 90,like forest fires and robberies. Now i'm just a sitting duck!! Speeding should be the decision/discretion of the trained driver.

Good development, I pray they won't compromise!

nedu2000:
I have it installed and I am pissed. 'oyibo way raise speedometer reach 220km/h are they fools?'.
Scenarios can occur when I would have to drive beyond 90,like forest fires and robberies. Now i'm just a sitting duck!! Speeding should be the decision/discretion of the trained driver.

For a private or commercial vehicle?

Good idea. Let them fix it on all the opel vectra vehicles plying Abuja-Jos road,those guys speed as if the drivers&passengers have double lives.

@Op, how much does this device cost? FRSC said it's N45K to N52k depending on your type of vehicle. If your vehicle does not have the sensors necessary for the installation, I don't know how they'll do it to install it.
Also information from a reliable source said the actual cost of that device is N5K but after adding money for different people and for different purposes, it came up as high as N45000.

My question about this device is, in a situation where armed robbers are chasing the vehicle with the speed limit on the highway, how will the vehicle run in other not to be caught by those robbers.

The major cause of accident in Nigeria is bad roads. Is it not where you have smooth road that you overspeed? Also let the price of this device come as low as N8000 so that motorists will be able to buy it.

The op forgot to tell us the cost of installing it and it's effect on the vehicle besides limiting speed.
If it was compulsory abroad, all used buses and trucks imported would have come with them.
What's the use of a truck with speed limiter when the roads are full of pot holes to limit speed already.
The device costs upwards of N40000 to install, not to talk of the process involved.
I see it as another meaningless scheme to enrich some party contractor just like the issue of plate number.

technology... sha ... it is just aiming to control all aspect of human life... EVEN SPEED....HA HA HA __at least the speed limiter would definitely affect the rate of accident caused by over---=>>><§ speeding...bad market for people with MOTO-GP TALENT

I don hear

odehaj:
Good idea. Let them fix it on all the opel vectra vehicles plying Abuja-Jos road,those guys speed as if the drivers&passengers have double lives.

na true u talk those guy can speed was to going to keffi nd dis guy was speeding as if na formula 1 I hv to call his attention

they keep fining truck for not having it

45k to install a device that I don't barely need in my car.
Nigeria is really a joke.

odehaj:
Good idea. Let them fix it on all the opel vectra vehicles plying Abuja-Jos road,those guys speed as if the drivers&passengers have double lives.

LOL....I don't follow them anymore. Even the Sharan and Galaxy too. I'd prefer going with Bluewhales

Na for commercial anyway.

GAZZUZZ:
And if the vehicle does not have an Engine ecu what happens?

Smart speed limiters will be GPS enabled, that way you do not have to interfere with the vehicles electronics, other than the limiting part (fuel cut)

GPS enabled device is not approved by the FRSC.