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It seems from TFA that the speed limiter had been set to 85 mph, yet the data recorder showed the car traveling at 116 mph three seconds before the crash. Did t
by sverige 8y ago
It seems from TFA that the speed limiter had been set to 85 mph, yet the data recorder showed the car traveling at 116 mph three seconds before the crash. Did the speed limiter fail too?
- btilly 8y agoThe father claims that he set his son's car to have a speed limiter. However we have no reason to believe that the son didn't try to remove the limiter. Given the son's previous behavior, there is every reason to believe that the son would have noticed the limiter and tried to turn it off.
- mikeash 8y agoIt would have been some sort of aftermarket modification (the only speed limiter available to end users at the time was part of “valet mode” and had a limit of 70MPH) so it’s not too surprising if it failed.