They did. We’ve wasted 3 years on it.
EU Speed limiter
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They did. We’ve wasted 3 years on it.
Have they implemented the result? No.
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Yet you prove my argument, they will listen if you poke them enough. Whether they follow through is simply vigilance on the part of the citizen.
Liberty isn’t inherent in society, complacency kills it.
I can see the good intentions behind the idea. But if the speed limiter limits to the speed limit of the road then it could cause more crashes.
It says it can be overridden in order to overtake vehicles. But 1. how fast can you go when its being overridden, and 2. how long can you go before it reduces your speed back?
If we have to have this technology then it should be set to 10mph over the current speed limit.
It says it can be overridden in order to overtake vehicles. But 1. how fast can you go when its being overridden, and 2. how long can you go before it reduces your speed back?
If we have to have this technology then it should be set to 10mph over the current speed limit.
Hopefully Auto makers will start to gear cars more towards acceleration if/when this happens.
I barely break the speed limit these days, still creep over a couple mph here and there but most my time is spent driving a works vehicle that is tracked and limited and have done for the last decade.
Still over in say the lake district, nsl is too fast for a good portion of the roads and those are the ones I like to play on anyway.
I barely break the speed limit these days, still creep over a couple mph here and there but most my time is spent driving a works vehicle that is tracked and limited and have done for the last decade.
Still over in say the lake district, nsl is too fast for a good portion of the roads and those are the ones I like to play on anyway.
More than likely, will get less for man slaughter no doubt.
Yes lets have speed restrictions because its acceleration is all I care about /s
Until all cars get limited in acceleration to something like an asthmatic lada
On a more serious note, I bet the pistonhead/ I have to hoon everywhere / make progress at any cost people must be raging right now.
Until all cars get limited in acceleration to something like an asthmatic lada
On a more serious note, I bet the pistonhead/ I have to hoon everywhere / make progress at any cost people must be raging right now.
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What happens in the instances where, say you are just about to leave a 30 zone straight into a national speed limit, and the driver had been idling at 30 through the 30 zone with his foot moderately on the accelerator. When you pass from the 30 zone into the NSL and the driver still has his foot pressing moderately on the accelerator, would you have the potential to have a dangerous jump in speed, particularly if you are say less than 10 m back from the car in front - not an unrealistic distance when travelling in a 30 mph zone. Of course those with more powerful cars would be more at risk.
How would they get round this?
How would they get round this?
Yes lets have speed restrictions because its acceleration is all I care about /s
Until all cars get limited in acceleration to something like an asthmatic lada
On a more serious note, I bet the pistonhead/ I have to hoon everywhere / make progress at any cost people must be raging right now.
I had a black box in my old company car (telematics) and everything is logged including hard acceleration, hard cornering, idling, speeding, fuel consumption etc etc. Thinking that this data won't end up with insurers is naive and your hard acceleration is one hell of a factor in your risk profile.
It also stresses you out, I would always drive sensibly anyway as it was a rubbish car that provided no driving enjoyment but you still have this constant awareness of being monitored. In my case it would be a call from my manager about speeding in a car park (yes they enforced 5mph car park limits) but with this who knows what the data will be used for eventually.
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Wouldn't be any use on my journey to work where my forward facing camera seems to think there is a 50 sign somewhere on the 30 stretch. I never have worked out where 50 is actually written 
It picked up 60 off a lorry once too - perhaps I was too close, but that could be of use on some roads
It picked up 60 off a lorry once too - perhaps I was too close, but that could be of use on some roads
I think that will be an issue they haven't considered. Many will sit with their foot most of the way down because it will be hard to judge the pedal position when it's not responding to input. Then suddenly unexpected acceleration when passing a NSL sign.
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Is the EU expecting every car company to be able to implement this technology? What about a small start up that maybe couldn't afford the development and implementation of this technology? It makes the price of entry into the market even higher and gives current manufacturers more of a hold on the market
Yes and why should anyone care? The current car companies are well entrenched, so much so that governments will simply save them regardless of cost.
It will be like DPF's; at first they just need to be fitted. A few years later they will tighten up the MOT rules so it's a fail if it isn't active and working. I suspect a light will have to illuminate and go out again for the MOT pass, in a similar way to ABS, airbags, etc.
Small manufacturers might be excluded perhaps.
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Would the cost not likely be transferred to the consumer? It may not ever be obvious but I wouldn't put it past the car companies to sneak it in.
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