Post by EspadaIII on Jul 5, 2024 8:10:51 GMT
From Sunday all new cars in the EU and NI must have a permanent warning when going above the speed limit. It is annoying but no doubt it is not a bad idea.
The problem occurs to me that speed measuring devices are not as accurate as the bureaucrats would like to think. My car which is obviously very modern and stuffed full of all sorts of tech, can read speed limit signs and adjust the speed of the car to the current speed limit.
All well and good but when I check the speed of the car against several GPS devices it always driving slower than the claimed speed on the dashboard. This is less on an issue in the urban environment but at motorway speeds, you will end up with two cars, both on cruise control at 70mpg behaving like lorries, and one taking two miles to overtake another.
The problem occurs to me that speed measuring devices are not as accurate as the bureaucrats would like to think. My car which is obviously very modern and stuffed full of all sorts of tech, can read speed limit signs and adjust the speed of the car to the current speed limit.
All well and good but when I check the speed of the car against several GPS devices it always driving slower than the claimed speed on the dashboard. This is less on an issue in the urban environment but at motorway speeds, you will end up with two cars, both on cruise control at 70mpg behaving like lorries, and one taking two miles to overtake another.
