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When you say speed limiter are you referring to cruise control? Or an actual speed limiter that won't let you go over X kph with your foot on the pedal? If the

When you say speed limiter are you referring to cruise control? Or an actual speed limiter that won't let you go over X kph with your foot on the pedal? If the latter, it seems like a strange feature to have/want.

seszett 7y ago
Cars usually have both at the same time. I rarely use it but I can see the appeal of a speed limiter for people who don't pay much attention to their speed but just want to be sure they don't get flashed by a speed cam.
- sl1ck731 7y ago
  Is this outside of NA? I've never seen this feature in the US.
  - rjsw 7y ago
    I have both on my European Ford, not used the limiter though.
  - netsharc 7y ago
    I have seen them on BMWs. Quite fun, you can put pedal to the metal but the car wouldn't go above what you set the limit to. It certainly helped while cruising Munich in a DriveNow (car-sharing service) BMW.
  - stjohnswarts 7y ago
    I don't think it's an option except in special cases or on company vehicles and large transport trucks
    - ritonlajoie 7y ago
      After 3 speed traps you'd loose your locense in France. License costs around 1k€, that's why the speed limiter is probably popular in France
  - kgwgk 7y ago
    This is a feature that (coming from Europe) I've missed when driving in the US. I didn't know that it was generally unavailable, I thought I had bad luck with my rental cars.
chrisseaton 7y ago
> If the latter, it seems like a strange feature to have/want. Seems dangerous - to not be able to accelerate out of a collision in an emergency if that is the safest thing to do.
- hocuspocus 7y ago
  Same as cruise control, the limiter disengages when you floor the accelerator pedal.
  - rleigh 7y ago
    It doesn't in my car (Nissan Qashqai). You can floor it and it will accelerate up to the limiter's setpoint and stay there. It would kind of defeat the point of it to disengage in this situation. I use it in 30 and 40mph zones, where there's a lot of traffic, speed cameras etc., and sticking the limiter on means you're not going to go over the limit.
    - hocuspocus 7y ago
      From the first user manual I found with Google: "It is also possible to override the speed limiter by fully depressing the accelerator pedal beyond the resistance point." https://www.qashqaiforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4256 https://www.qashqaiforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4256
      - rleigh 7y ago
        Interesting. I've not seen this happen in practice though (and I have tested it). I'll have to try pushing it right to the limit, which I don't normally do in 30 zones. Mine's a 2015 model; I don't know if there's any variation with earlier models' behaviour.
        rleigh 7y ago
        I tried it out today. It does disengage, but only at the very limit, which is why I must not have noticed it before. And when it does disengage, it surges forward disconcertingly fast, so I'm not too convinced by its usefulness or safety.

seszett 7y ago

Cars usually have both at the same time. I rarely use it but I can see the appeal of a speed limiter for people who don't pay much attention to their speed but just want to be sure they don't get flashed by a speed cam.

sl1ck731 7y ago
Is this outside of NA? I've never seen this feature in the US.
- rjsw 7y ago
  I have both on my European Ford, not used the limiter though.
- netsharc 7y ago
  I have seen them on BMWs. Quite fun, you can put pedal to the metal but the car wouldn't go above what you set the limit to. It certainly helped while cruising Munich in a DriveNow (car-sharing service) BMW.
- stjohnswarts 7y ago
  I don't think it's an option except in special cases or on company vehicles and large transport trucks
  - ritonlajoie 7y ago
    After 3 speed traps you'd loose your locense in France. License costs around 1k€, that's why the speed limiter is probably popular in France
- kgwgk 7y ago
  This is a feature that (coming from Europe) I've missed when driving in the US. I didn't know that it was generally unavailable, I thought I had bad luck with my rental cars.

chrisseaton 7y ago

> If the latter, it seems like a strange feature to have/want. Seems dangerous - to not be able to accelerate out of a collision in an emergency if that is the safest thing to do.

hocuspocus 7y ago
Same as cruise control, the limiter disengages when you floor the accelerator pedal.
- rleigh 7y ago
  It doesn't in my car (Nissan Qashqai). You can floor it and it will accelerate up to the limiter's setpoint and stay there. It would kind of defeat the point of it to disengage in this situation. I use it in 30 and 40mph zones, where there's a lot of traffic, speed cameras etc., and sticking the limiter on means you're not going to go over the limit.
  - hocuspocus 7y ago
    From the first user manual I found with Google: "It is also possible to override the speed limiter by fully depressing the accelerator pedal beyond the resistance point." https://www.qashqaiforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4256 https://www.qashqaiforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4256
    - rleigh 7y ago
      Interesting. I've not seen this happen in practice though (and I have tested it). I'll have to try pushing it right to the limit, which I don't normally do in 30 zones. Mine's a 2015 model; I don't know if there's any variation with earlier models' behaviour.
      - rleigh 7y ago
        I tried it out today. It does disengage, but only at the very limit, which is why I must not have noticed it before. And when it does disengage, it surges forward disconcertingly fast, so I'm not too convinced by its usefulness or safety.