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I was just thinking yesterday that it would be nice to have the feeling of a tactile detent or similar when the car reaches the posted speed limit that requires
by jonhohle 4y ago
I was just thinking yesterday that it would be nice to have the feeling of a tactile detent or similar when the car reaches the posted speed limit that requires pushing through. Most of the time my car knows the speed limit through its own maps or CarPlay. The cruise control speed already changes its color if the limit is exceeded.
Just that subtle hint that the speed limit has been reached would likely keep me near the limit most of the time. I don’t even want it to prevent me from exceeding the speed limit.
This doesn’t help with the 95% of other cars that don’t know the speed limit, but it has to start somewhere. It seems odd that my car has redundant features and alerts for avoiding speed traps and traffic cameras, but little to actively help me stay within posted traffic rules.
- millerm 4y agoI had suggested that concept on Twitter a few years ago to a certain CEO. I don't (and didn't) have the visibility that certain people have to get a reaction. I'm sure NHSTA would have something bad to say about it like "well, we can't have the pedal behave differently because well... we suck". I would love this tactile response as that would definitely help stay at the posted speed limit when driving with no cruise or autopilot. EVs hav a crapload of torque, and it's so easy to speed up quickly (or slow down with regen) where a constant speed it quite difficult.
- bdcravens 4y agoI pretty much always use cruise control these days. I don't "obey" the speed limit - I set it for Houston norms (5 over on city streets, 10 on freeway). Even then I'm getting passed. I do find that it keeps me mostly sane when I'm driving (especially since getting an AWD EV that can out-accelerate virtually every gas car), something I've had issues with in the past.