Speed limiters for cars from 2022?

[SamsarandaParticipant @samsaranda]

I have a 2016 Honda Jazz automatic and it has a speed limiter that reads roadside signs and sets the speed limiter, it is optional to use it, I always use it around towns. The system is powered by a laser module fitted high up on the windscreen and it scans the road signs as you pass them, not 100% foolproof, there is a junction locally that is in effect a Y shaped junction and when passing it the unit scans a 30 limit sign on the intersecting road and because the major road has a 40 limit, all of a sudden the car slows down, not ideal for those following, especially tailgaters. You can override the system easily by kicking down the accelerator and the limiter will disengage or you have a steering wheel switch that also engages or disconnects it. The components of the system are well proven and would easily be fitted to all cars when it becomes mandatory, I really like the system and feel it may well have saved me from prosecution for speed transgressions on more than one occasion, so easy for your speed to drift upwards without realising it. As for EU regs affecting our roads after we finally cut our ties, we will be selling products in the EU so I think I remember the politicians agreeing to follow EU regs where it concerns the specs of cars, I may be wrong but it would be the easy way to continue seamlessly selling our cars over there.
Dave W

[Oven ManParticipant @ovenman]

Having driven cars with a manually adjustable speed limiter I would say it is more use than cruise control in this country. It stops you accidently exceeding the limit when there are so many other things going on around you. My ancient sat nav knows exactly what the speed limits are on a road so integration to provide automatic speed limit setting should be relatively easy to implememnt.

Peter

[Martin ConnellyParticipant @martinconnelly55370]

Jokers will be printing off 5mph signs and putting them all over the place to see what happens. If some cars have the new system reading signs and others don't there is a big risk of shunts. I have a built in sat-nav in my car and the car dealership want £125 to update it each time it is out of date. Sat-nav is also less accurate in built up cities with high buildings, good for more accidents from people who have forgotten how to drive because they just leave it to the speed limiter and drive with their foot full down all the time.It sounds like the usual great idea from politicians with no expertise in safety.

Martin C

[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

Does anyone know the revenue that the police collect each year from speeding fines. MMMMM.

Steve.

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

Probably not worth worrying about, the autonomous vehicle will be unlikely to let you drive.

Mike

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Don't forget that the phone company knows where your phone is and has been and the route you took to get there. I'm sure someone in government has long ago started processing that and knows exactly who speeds and how often. It just hasn't released any data to the police. Even when they analyse a terrorist's phone they only admit to checking their calls to avoid painicing the population.

[Peter Jones 20Participant @peterjones20]

Posted by Ady1 on 04/12/2020 10:51:18:

Every month there are less and less freedoms in this life

Fewer and fewer choices, more and more control

I hope there's no reincarnation, now that would REALLY hack me off

definitely seen the best times as far as an individual is concerned and going to get a lot worse too as our population increases

Scotland a lot worse than England, the Tartan Taliban just love to ban everything

Edited By Ady1 on 04/12/2020 10:53:00

Looks like Orwell's predictions were only36 years late.

I guess people are just so complacent they don't care when freedoms are eliminated by government.

maybe time for a revolution (except I very much doubt anyone would turn up )

 

Posted by Jon Lawes on 04/12/2020 15:58:13:

I've had some very quick cars, I've had some very slow cars, and I've had some very fun cars. The latter were usually the slow cars. I've had mk1 MX5s in the past, mainly because you can be driving around with a huge grin without doing 1000mph.

There is entertainment to be had enjoying a small car with skinny tyres; dual carriageway Grand Prix is for the reckless who confuse top speed with driving ability/enjoyment. Where is the fun in straight line speed unless you are on the salt flats?

I'm interested in those who say they had to use acceleration to get out of trouble, I'd love to hear some examples.

I'd rather watch the One Make Racing Championships (usually all cars with a 5th of the bhp of an F1 car) than F1. Driving enjoyment doesn't have to be flat out. If they limit my speed to the legal limit I really wouldn't care. As I understand it my car is limited to 112mph anyway, but as I didn't get it to use on track it doesn't make the slightest difference to me.

Edited By Jon Lawes on 04/12/2020 15:58:52

 

The last car I had in Britain before moving to USA was a 'slightly' modified' Opel Manta GTE (2.3, cam, suspension, brakes, etc) It was a lot of fun and good for over 140mph.

Pretty sure even a bicycle can get you a speeding ticket in 'modern' Britain (although I've never been over 47mph on a bicycle, even downhill)

I have no idea why font size keeps getting reduced?

Edited By Peter Jones 20 on 11/12/2020 19:07:28

Edited By Peter Jones 20 on 11/12/2020 19:12:40

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

I have no idea why font size keeps getting reduced?

I have.

The text is continuing at the same size as the copied text as though you are simply adding to Jon’s post. It is smaller because of the ‘edited’ notification. The vertical line to the left is a clue.

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Double post.

Edited By not done it yet on 11/12/2020 19:59:58

[Andy StopfordParticipant @andystopford50521]

What's the problem with speed limiters?

Society has decided, for excellent reasons, to legally restrict the speed at which we are allowed to drive. Many people break these laws, most get away with it, some get caught, some have crashes, some injure or kill others.

Excessive speed also wastes fuel, increases pollution, etc.

Why do otherwise law-abiding people want to have the option to indulge in this particular lawlessness? I note someone made a comment about 'Honest citizens' vs 'Pikeys, new age travellers' . Hmm – not too sure what the difference is (New Age Travellers? This isn't 1985 you know).

'So, Andy' you might say 'you've never broken the speed limit then?'

Of course I have, but I've also driven many thousands of miles in speed-limiter equipped HGVs, and I can't say I ever felt that my God-given Right To Speed was being infringed (even though variations in power output, load and gearing make the speed limiter a lot more tiresome than one on a car would be).

Though I must admit, when the company mechanic in a futile attempt to cure an engine problem, disabled the speed limiter on the 17 tonner, it was great late at night on the way home from a Removal Horrorshow to open it up to a meteoric 75 mph.

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

At school, one lad consistently wrecked bike speedometers, which only read to 40 mph.

Years later, a friend told me that he got booked for speeding, on his bike, in London.

Sat Navs measure speed more accurately than car speedos, so setting a speed limiter will ensure that you are below the speed limit. My car has a speed limiter, but having used it once, found it a nuisance around towns where speed limits change up or down within short distances, There are places where the limit changes from 30 to 40, back to 30 than again 40 before 50,

Prefer to monitor my speed with the Sat Nav, rather than be distracted by changing settings to match the latest roadsign.

Howard

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