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> I never thought I would say that but think I wouldn’t mind the speed limiter automatically engaging in the city. You'll get that wish: speed limiters will pr

> I never thought I would say that but think I wouldn’t mind the speed limiter automatically engaging in the city. You'll get that wish: speed limiters will probably be on by default in future. I find them very annoying as they currently are: I've had it do things like misread a 50 as a 30, decide the current speed limit is 35 (I have never seen a 35 limit) and also read a side-road 20 while traveling on a 40. It will then shift gears and slow down dramatically in moving traffic, but won't show brake lights, so it's just asking for someone to rear-end me to use it except on side-roads. Hopefully, they'll get better.

rad_gruchalski 3y ago
> You'll get that wish: speed limiters will probably be on by default in future. I don’t wish for them but I would not mind them coming on. As it happens, I put a speed limiter on most of the times already anyway. > I find them very annoying as they currently are: I've had it do things like misread a 50 as a 30 Yes. One of my two conditions for not minding it coming on.
- adhesive_wombat 3y ago
  I don't know what they're really going to do about it, it's sometimes confusing enough as a human. Like overhead gantry signs that don't "release" the limit and you have to guess that passing a blank one means you can go back to 70 and not get a fine in the post! And another one near me where the sign has been rotated 180 degrees in the post so the limits are backwards. Or the sign is painted on the road and then burned off, but you can still read it (one of these on the A1) and you're not immediately sure if it's just worn out like all the others. I think for them to be reliable enough that I don't think they'll cause a crash on the A406, some signs need to be changed somehow to make them more unambiguous, or a better "digital twin" exists including live dynamic speed limits.

rad_gruchalski 3y ago

> You'll get that wish: speed limiters will probably be on by default in future. I don’t wish for them but I would not mind them coming on. As it happens, I put a speed limiter on most of the times already anyway. > I find them very annoying as they currently are: I've had it do things like misread a 50 as a 30 Yes. One of my two conditions for not minding it coming on.

adhesive_wombat 3y ago
I don't know what they're really going to do about it, it's sometimes confusing enough as a human. Like overhead gantry signs that don't "release" the limit and you have to guess that passing a blank one means you can go back to 70 and not get a fine in the post! And another one near me where the sign has been rotated 180 degrees in the post so the limits are backwards. Or the sign is painted on the road and then burned off, but you can still read it (one of these on the A1) and you're not immediately sure if it's just worn out like all the others. I think for them to be reliable enough that I don't think they'll cause a crash on the A406, some signs need to be changed somehow to make them more unambiguous, or a better "digital twin" exists including live dynamic speed limits.