Yes, the tech is all there, a few lines of code could activate it in my six year old car - it has GPS and camera to identify speed limits (which it displays on the dashboard), it has a speed limiter as part of the cruise control system. Just need to link the two together....the snail wrote: ↑18 Aug 2021, 4:50pm
Personal choice to break the law and put others at risk? I should think that implementing a speed limiter in a modern vehicle is pretty straightforward - all the technology is already there (gps, electronic sensors and controls etc), just some extra computer code needed. Much better to prevent an accident than to try and punish drivers after the event imo.
But, Its sometimes dangerously inaccurate.
My car will report me driving in a field (a new road has been built), it will tell me the limit is 40mph (it was, when they were doing long term upgrades to the near-motorway, that work finished three years ago, and its now 70mph), and it regularly misses speed limit signs buried in hedge vegetation (resulting in both under and over-reading the current speed limit). The GPS in the car has had the manufacturer's updates to mapping - it seems to be about two-three years behind what is actually on the ground.
As currently setup in the car - information - its useful advisory information. As a driver, I can take that advice add it to what I can
see and respond appropriately.
I'd find a car which suddenly decided to slow to 40mph on a busy 70mph near-motorway to be extremely dangerous.
In contrast, my much older stand-alone Garmin sat-nav gets free map updates and is usually correct on the speed limits. Or my phone has up-to-date information. But neither is linked into the car's controls.
- Nigel