I don’t really see the problem with speed limiters we’ve had them on various commercial vehicles for decades albeit “dumb” max speed versions.
As someone who used to race around driving all over the country for work I found it far less stressful & journeys took the same time regardless just obeying the speed limits. Honestly the difference I felt after a day between ragging it everywhere & just following limits was night & day.
Also we live in a rural village & the number of morons speeding here is unreal esp during holiday season (really enjoying lockdown from that pov and got to see loads of Londoners get £200 fines when police blitzed the area).
Maybe it’s my age & driving experience but I really don’t care about this & it could save lives, help save the climate & make everyone’s lives a bit better too also save wildlife & pets.
I don’t see this as nannying because in my experience these rules need to exist because so many people DO need to be treated like children, honestly live in a holiday destination & you’ll come to the same conclusion.
The number of people who can’t read a great big red sign that says beware unpredictable tidal flooding & leave their cars parked there for a week whilst on holiday & they get flooded is unreal.
So yes we do largely need nannying imho as for “blaming” the EU well when we were a part of it we had MEPs who had a say in this stuff & clearly enough backed it to become law so it’s our own MEPs to blame too so ya know