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As far as I know Volvo is leader in this technology (yet other manufacturers also provide both smart limit recognition) and it sucks so much it’s laughable (spe
by xlii 3y ago
As far as I know Volvo is leader in this technology (yet other manufacturers also provide both smart limit recognition) and it sucks so much it’s laughable (speaking from experience of driving in Europe).
I usually have 3 sources of speed limit in my car right now. Built-in from downloaded maps + GPS, Apple Maps from GPS and online data, and also 3rd party alerter for traffic conditions, speed traps etc - mixture of radio, gps and non-map data sources. It’s not uncommon for two to be different. It’s not uncommon for three to be different; I’ve been pulled over for driving over speed limit even though all 3 sources were in consensus and showed much higher one.
One of the worst things ever happened when I drove Volvo XC60 (2019 model) few years back. I was driving on the side road during maintenance with slightly lowered speed limit and as I was doing so car picked up one of the construction-reserved lane signs with heavy speed limit (like 10% of the one I was driving on). Immediately displayed warning and began to break hard (I wasn’t aware there was default setting to honor perceived speed limit when driving grossly over it) almost causing a collision.
Maybe in California it’d be easier, never been there but I believe roads aren’t so busy as in Europe. Yet over the years I grew very skeptic about this technology and after experiencing it first hand from “leader” I enjoy my current - dumber - car more.