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Autocar here starts by complaining that the "intelligent speed assistance" has been maligned as "speed limiters". But upon reading the article further, that's
by metacritic12 4y ago
Autocar here starts by complaining that the "intelligent speed assistance" has been maligned as "speed limiters". But upon reading the article further, that's exactly what it is.
When a neutral party says "speed limiter" to me, I immediately think of the actual technology here.
When the article started out with "intelligent speed assistance", I thought this might be a cool feature that let my car go faster safely. At most, I thought the tech might be something that does increase safety by warning about sharp turns, but at least could give the car ability to handle faster speeds.
But on reading the article, it seems like there's nothing intelligent about it other than it's ability to read road signs and force you to slow down.
"Intelligent speed assistance" is indeed the Orwellian term. If the article wasn't written with such earnestness I would have thought it to be a parody.
- toast0 4y agoYeah, intelligent speed assistance would include things like: Determine the speed limit, and: a) highlight the limit on the speedometer, b) allow cruise control to be set as an offset of the posted limit, c) notify when over the limit by some amount, d) coordinate with existing optional speed limits (sometimes tied to specific keys) Also, intellegent speed assistance might help with surveying the actual speeds to get a better idea of safe speeds than posted limits. This is just limiting speed by cutting the fuel.
- mwint 4y agoIt’s already each to survey actual speeds; a couple of those air-filled sensor lines stretched across the roadway at different intervals works fine.