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I've had a speed limiter in my car for years... It's called the wife.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

😁

@jameschapman4824

8 күн бұрын

LOL 🤣🤣🤣

@somnambulist7705

8 күн бұрын

Oh Arthur slow down, you’re doing 15mph, you’re going to kill us you speed demon. is what I imagine I can hear when I sit behind old drivers.

@samjones6258

8 күн бұрын

😅🤣😂

@innovatoTV

8 күн бұрын

I take it she doesnt monitor your KZread comments....😀

Imagine owning a new car and living in Wales! Paying half a million pounds for insurance but being overtaken by a pedal bike!

@stevenjones916

8 күн бұрын

I do and I am much happier living/driving here than in London.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

👍

@ApexCypher_

7 күн бұрын

They want you to sit on the sofa, watch the propaganda, order junk food and buy more stuff. They’re heavily invested in all those companies. That’s how Blair ended up with over £100 million in the bank.

@ts757arse

7 күн бұрын

To be fair that's not a great comparison. Driving in London isn't really driving. It's slow speed deathracing.

@mikadavies660

7 күн бұрын

@ts757arse Probably... but I wouldn't know... I commute daily into London on a motorcycle and I have no clue what those funny signs mean with a 20 written on them? Must be for cars?? As in 7 years I have never had a ticket.

So much for living in a free country, given the problems in the EU they have speed limiters in cars, less powerful hoovers, quieter lawn mowers but can't deal with immigration, or the lunacy of their vanity projects

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

5 күн бұрын

👍

maybe there could be an adaptation to encourage people driving in the outside 2 lanes of a quiet 4 lane motorway at 65 to move over to the left 😂

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

Now that would be amazing.

@ts757arse

7 күн бұрын

By encourage you mean just turn the steering wheel for them like every time I go over repainted road?

@scented-leafpelargonium3366

2 күн бұрын

@jeremygilbey : We once travelled by horse and cart without all this pressure to speed. Speedsters are the bane of modern driving. Speed limits are there for a reason. Safety!

@ts757arse

Күн бұрын

@@scented-leafpelargonium3366 speed limits used to be there for safety, but "safe" is a relative construct. Now it's about adjusting for other deficiencies, such as skill (which people allow to deteriorate over time without top up training) or attention (in short supply). A lower speed limit allows for greater chance for people to detect, think and react but that's treating a secondary problem rather than the root cause. Speed limits used to be judged on the 85th percentile and were statistically driven. Now they're decided upon by people who have no clue what they are doing and are usually using emotive and assertive arguments. Driving is about making progress. Modern living demands this and comparing to horse and cart is just a silly argument. If you really believe that, get out of the car and walk or ride... But those two would be far less safe than driving... Better make sure you walk slower. That'll make it safer.... Right?

@scented-leafpelargonium3366

Күн бұрын

@@ts757arse Well a hardened drinker might have more control over a vehicle than a teenage girl who never had alcohol before but only had one drink like him to the legal limit (UK), yet the control of the vehicle and the affect of the alcohol would be quite different for both personalities. So speeding is relative when it comes to safety, yet legal measures are in place for both drinking while driving and speeding. Being law abiding may not always guarantee safety, but consideration for others is seriously lacking as the roads belong to everyone, not just racers. I sense a measure of sarcasm in your response so perhaps I am unwise to respond back.

my golf 8 reads signs from slip roads and brakes the car! don’t buy a new car, sales of older cars will soar.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

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@DavidPlayfair

8 күн бұрын

Or stick to the speed limits, perhaps?

@bills6093

8 күн бұрын

@@DavidPlayfair That won't stop the computer from reading the wrong speed limit sign.

@KB-uu4fy

8 күн бұрын

@@DavidPlayfairdo try to actually understand what he is saying. . . .it can be difficult we know. . . Bless

@HangingShoes

8 күн бұрын

My Honda e does similar, it doesn't brake the car just cuts power (i guess the golf is the same). All that is required is a sharp press of the accelerator to override so no/little chance of being rear ended. It's not a big deal to be honest unless you're a driver who does not pay attention (someone my beep thier horn) or tailgates so closely that a car that is slowing down causes you to need to brake (the tailgater's fault) .

I completely agree with your thoughts.I bought my MG4 in Nov 2022 and the dealership had disabled the driver alert system as it was so bad. The speed limit sign recognition system frequently reads signs on slip roads and side roads and often does not differentiate between a single carriageway with a 60 limit a dual carriageway at 70. All it displays is a flashing light which is not distracting now that I'm used to it.I'm all for safety improvements where they work but this blanket legislation is daft.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

@@johnrubber1144 exactly 👍

A better bet is to enforce radar cruise control so that cars keep a safe distance apart. This should result in less traffic jams as the concertina effect is reduced.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

Great shout

@bills6093

8 күн бұрын

I think that would be a traffic disaster. I'm imagining a traffic jam suddenly covering 5X the length of road.

@johntilsley9111

8 күн бұрын

Have you actually used adaptive cruise control? You are happily driving along, and someone just pulls into the gap between you and the car in front. You then find yourself being slowed to maintain a safe gap you are then travelling too slow to pull out to overtake. Very frustrating!

@robertkendall1380

8 күн бұрын

I have this and it works just fine. Comments about the M3 in the early hours are a bit stupid. It doesn’t matter what time of day, the limit is still 70mph.

@user-ip5cd4lv8u

2 сағат бұрын

Meaning all cars will be evenly spaced for more of the motorway, thus leaving very little to no gaps. Especially during the rush hours. So good luck joining the motorway off a slip road at those times.

Big brother is watching you!Total control is not far away........

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

👍

@speedboostr

8 күн бұрын

And the sheeple do nothing

@freddibnah941

7 күн бұрын

its already here

@Altair885

7 күн бұрын

Own a mobile phone? You hardly need to worry about the car then😂

Looking forward to tuning specialists to remove this junk from cars.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

I can only imagine how many OBD solutions there will be

@mikadavies660

8 күн бұрын

@911HRW Simple don't crash...!! Strange how I have driven for 35 years in 17 different countries and I haven't had a bump for 27 years. Maybe I can actually drive and don't need crap on my cars telling me what to do? Oh... an I also commute daily on a motorcycle, covering 25,000/yr and have 14 yrs ncb on the motorbike. The Government safety departments are clearly sitting at their desks inventing crap that is not really needed. Fortunately, FSD will be available soon for all those who are too scared to actually drive.

@faisalleeds

7 күн бұрын

@@mikadavies660 I thought about that - might be possible for now - but I can see it being locked down more in the future, or it might be linked to insurance and your not covered if you disable it.

@mikadavies660

7 күн бұрын

@faisalleeds Indeed... but for now some freedom exists. Fortunately, I never own a brand new car. So this modern crap will never apply for the rest of my life. Don't get me wrong 20mph or less near a school is perfectly fine, but 70mph at 3am whilst going to work on an empty motorway... 🖕

@Altair885

7 күн бұрын

Missing the point somewhat I think. Doing that would be like removing the seat belts or airbags in the eyes of the law, sure you do so if you wish but be aware it will void your insurance, as does any breach of the road traffic act which this will become.

We have a 'speed limiter' on our car ( a Volvo). It is not a limiter as such, as it does not limit your speed. It's called Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA). It advises you that you are speeding, either audibly or with an option to turn on 'Adaptive pedal response' (you turn that on in a menu). If you want to speed you still can. It's a 'Jiminy Cricket' for the driver. In the case of the audible option it is fine. You get used to the beeps, and they aren't too loud. It is especially good in the ever increasing number of 20 mph zones that we have. I tried the 'Adaptive pedal response' option and turned it off again (went back to the audible). The reason being that both options rely on Traffic Sign recognition. At times, this can be a bit patchy in terms of quality. Nearby to where I live Google has a stretch of 'A' road incorrectly tagged as 30 mph. With 'Adaptive pedal response' turned on I went right at a roundabout, re-joining the 'A' road at what should have been 70 mph. It was recognised as 30 mph. As I tried to accelerate there was a reduction in power when I went above 30 mph, it was brief and I quickly over-rode it. I didn't like that. I like technology but the 'Adaptive pedal response' isn't quite there yet because of the traffic sign recognition. It will get there though. You can turn off ISA, each time you get in the car, a simple press of a button on the steering wheel. I really did think that I would turn off ISA each time I got in the car but I don't. We've kept the audible option on, and I report incorrect traffic sign recognition to Google Maps. I realise that not all will want this feature or like it. Just my experience.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

@@gavinsmith9016 👍

@atomictraveller

5 күн бұрын

wile u r getting used to beeps, get t f outta my wey ya crumb

@fontana6394

Күн бұрын

@@gavinsmith9016 I have a Volvo too, its speed is limited due to fuel consumption! It’s an old 740, still going strong

@gavinsmith9016

Күн бұрын

@@fontana6394 🙂

We didn’t buy the Kia ev9 because of the stupid bings and bongs that are a distraction and dangerous and will not be buying any car that has that crap Time to stand up and say no

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

👍

Think my little Citroen C1 will keep me motoring for a long time to come! They can keep the modern vehicles & the costs that goes with them 🎉

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

👍

My 2012 SLK has a speed limit warning - I set it at 5 mph above the limit. I get a voice saying 'please obey the speed limit'. It doesn't apply the brakes but given how many people I know have had speeding tickets for minor infringements a warning is a useful thing. Having said that I set the speed limiter to the speed limit a lot of the time because it's more relaxing than making sure I don't go over the speed limit by constantly watching the speedo I certainly think it means that in my part of the country there's absolutely no point in a powerful car - not only are speed limits well policed but they have been reduced in many cases too.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

Yeah I used the same thing in my old Audi A4, I had control of it though.

My first reaction was 'Big Brother strikes again'..... then I recalled the complete wankers on the M62 last weekend who are a bloody menace and totally irresponsible.....maybe it's not such a daft idea as many don't have any perspective of the danger they are creating....I realise this won't be a popular point of view so no need to remind me.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

@@lincolnengland5005 👍

@rogerfinch7651

8 күн бұрын

I like my active cruise control, but bad implementations of lane kill assist and bing bongs don’t help. Not sure of the keep awake sensors either esp if you wear polarised sunglasses 😎

@bills6093

8 күн бұрын

Since you can turn it off, they will still be menacing you on the M62. But you will still have paid more for your new car.

@keelferm

8 күн бұрын

I personally think it's a great idea, but perhaps the systems need to be modified so that the systems are seamlessly integrated and are NOT a distraction... you simply can't take your car above the speed limit. That said, as automation creeps into our vehicles, and they become electrified, and in the absence of a decent train system, I think there's an argument for increasing the speed limit in the fast lane of motorways to 80mph, but maybe that's when all the fossil fuelled vehicles are off the road. The problem has been drivers who swallow all the marketing about driving being a sport, propagated by programs like Top Gear. Yes, it can be a sport, off the public roads, but when you're on the public roads, a car is a utilitarian thing, to get you from A to B in a comfortable and convenient fashion. Personally, I don't believe they belong in cities, but I love cars and have always owned one, and now only use it to escape the city. Perhaps once our trains start working for people and not for profit, we can start getting sensible fares and then I won't need a car anymore 🙂... at least not to own one.

@GrahamBrown-jk3rc

3 күн бұрын

Fast lane? Has the name been changed?

I had a 73 GLC loaner for a couple of thousand miles recently. Every time it saw a speed limit sign it jumped on the brakes. This isn’t great if you’re cruising at 70 and it sees a 15 sign in the roadworks. That actually happened twice. Luckily no one tailgating at the time

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

6 күн бұрын

Yep, the implementation has to be much better.

Let's be honest, in the UK, I'd say over 70% people are speeding, so not surprising this will be implemented. However, I'm not sure how safe it is, because for example you're overtaking something happens that you need to accelerate quickly to avoid incident what happens if car will cut power...

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

The fact that most cars make regular errors reason road signs and some of the alerts being used are insanely distracting are good reasons why it’s perhaps not so well thought out too. Our speed limits seem to be getting lower and fines more regular whilst cars have ABS, disc brakes and collision mitigation tech now, unlike when the limits were originally set.

What sort of world are we sleep walking into.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

1984 - possibly with more accidents caused by driver distration

@MrDisrupta

8 күн бұрын

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru if you couple this with the 15 minute cities they seem to want to implement... You can see where this is going.

@johnmillar4503

8 күн бұрын

A safer one 👍

@jdmguy44

8 күн бұрын

A dictatorship world

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

Does safer mean more distractions and misreading of road signs? or does it just mean 1 mph slower?

👍👍👍 After implementation it will probably need a few years of refinement and tweaking before it can be considered 100% safe. Thanks Jim

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

I agree

I manually set my limiter on my Audi, i don't want to be forced thank you. I want to be in full control, at all times

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

Күн бұрын

Same here

Agreed, this tech needs more development and it can be annoying. However if you are not speeding, you shouldn't have a lot of issues.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

@@gonzaloleviatanh aside from when it’s wrong, this is very frequent in a lot of cars

My Octavia already nags me to take my foot off the accelerator when it thinks I should be slowing down. It screams at me if it thinks I'm going to crash 50 yards from another vehicle. As for the lane assistant... That's always moaning. And the Skoda App shows where my car is, how far I've been and is probably sending all manner of telemetry back to Skoda to feed into their AI leaning models for automated vehicles. Putting speed limiters on by default will only do one thing; increase the value of cars pre July 2024.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

👍

Lots of obd2 code readers will be able to update the CCF and switch it off permanently on restart

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

Yes - it'll create a lot of demand I'm sure

@robholland1937

8 күн бұрын

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru Luckily you can get a GAP IID for all Land Rover products and do it already. Auto stop start disable too. Always a way around this sh@t 😂

@robholland1937

8 күн бұрын

@@911HRW Never overthink things here 😂😂😂

@GoGreenAutos

8 күн бұрын

There will come a time where this will be considered as an unsafe modification and your insurance will be invalidated.

@LuckySpeaks

4 күн бұрын

@@GoGreenAutos the fact it is able to be switched off means they will have a hard time trying to invalidate the insurance, you’d just say you switched it off while you travelled through a place where the system was getting it wrong and forgot to switch it back on. Can’t do a thing

This safety feature can work well, but it does rely on the technology working as expected. For example, problems arise when the camera picks up a lower speed limit sign on a nearby road and the car suddenly slows down, not good when you have cars travelling close behind you. Outdated navigation data can also catch you out when speed limit changes are not communicated to the suppliers. The recent change to default speed limits in wales have made this feature a nightmare. New 20 mph signs are being recognised by the camera and the car slows as expected, but then further down the road the map data will override this and you can find yourself exceeding the limit. Most driver are going to turn this safety feature off, unless: - speed limit signs are positioned so that they are visible only on the road to which they apply, - car cameras can accurately read the speed limit, - governments make speed limit data freely and openly available in a timely manner, - camera recognised speed limits take priority over navigation data speed limits to allow for temporary/newly introduced changes, - car navigation systems are automatically and frequently updated with the latest speed limit data.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

👍👍

Since they introduced a 20 mph speed limit in Wales Road deaths and accidents have increased, And the Welsh government appears to be keeping quiet about it

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

Күн бұрын

I’m sure

One definition of technology is "something that doesn't quite work yet". That is the case with automated traffic sign recognition.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

😁

On wales road, google map and speed limiter on my car are different sometimes, it’s confusing while the road is quite and new to me😂😂

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

3 сағат бұрын

Imagine how the car would get on by itself!

I was in a hire car a few days ago, and the speed detection system was certainly annoying and also extremely inaccurate. Having left a 30 mph zone and entered a 50 mph zone, it continued its annoying alarm warning me incorrecly that I was still in a 30 mph zone. Manufacturers have a long way to go in making these systems accurate. Most drivers will turn these systems off anyway as no doubt they will be made compulsory.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

👍

@atomictraveller

5 күн бұрын

at least you got a firsthand nonlethal experience of what hell is so you know to look out for it in the future and kick it in the balls holmes. you have to kick hell's ass is the thing.

On my regular supermarket run there is a side road at 20mph off a 30mph , and no 30mph sign to reset it , current speed warning set to silent but flashes speed sign. Happens every time.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

I get that kind of thing all the time with various press cars

I feel the push for the driverless car is what is driving the tech which makes all this possible. As for the way the tech is applied, I agree a fog horn blast for evety mistake is over the top, it should respond the same as the majority of drivers do, it just takes the power away so you coast until you reach the speed limit. But as you said they have to be more accurate. Maybe the the road signs should be more active so they give a warning of speed changes, so the vehicle tech is only responding to teh local changes. Just a thought.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

👍

To be fair...I quite like the sound of a vehicle that tells me to take a break when I'm sat on the driveway. Ahhhh shucks I can't go to work again 😆 Thanks for sharng the info Jim, nice one👍🏼

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

😁👍

Being an HGV speed limiters are old hat. However I see a mega problem when it comes to smaller vehicles. Most new cars have a deliberate 5% error on their speed, ie; 33 is 30, 44 is 40 up to 77 is 70 so a car doing 40 is only doing 36 older cars will obviously overtake the slower vehicle even though his speedometer tells him he is doing 40. This error is most prominent on motorway speed restrictions.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

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This technology doesn't always work. I programmed EXETER into my Satnav and a Chinese voice announced " You dont wanna go THERE! 😂

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

Күн бұрын

😁

In my new vw Polo, when in cruise control it sometimes sees phantom issues, like traffic islands and the car in front turning left and hits the brakes. I feel sorry for the car behind. And its sees these issues more so at 20mph.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

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My concern is when the car reads the incorrect speed. There’s a section on the m25 near Heathrow that has a 40mph dual carriage way running along side . My 2020 Mercedes pops up a warning when I’m driving on the m25 left lane at 60mph saying it’s a 40mph. Imagine this beeping at you or worse braking automatically. I guess perhaps they should do the clever thing and move the 40mph sign to the other side of the carriage way. As for speeding I think it can only be a good for thing, as someone who lives on a 30mph road that’s quite busy it’s shocking the number of drivers going over. The difference in life and death hitting a pedestrian is huge. And we have a lot of schools nearby and kids are everywhere at school run time.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

6 күн бұрын

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GPS being used for speed limits is going to be problematic, as it looks as though the databases for the speed limits of roads is not being kept up-to-date correctly. I was on holiday in Wales recently and using Google Maps navigation from my phone, and it was very often displaying the wrong speed limit. This has been exacerbated by the introduction of the default 20mph speed limit in urban areas/city centres, so speed limits have changed. Looks like there needs to be more information sharing between district councils/highways authority and Google and other GPS services to correct this. Was often unsure what speed I was supposed to be driving at, which is dangerous (even driving too slow can be dangerous, as then others take risks to pass a very slow driver). It also seems that many 40mph roads in Wales have been changed to 30mph recently. Others will have commented I guess about auto reading of speed signs, one of the Electrifying youtubers was saying her car was reading suggested speed signs that were not speed limits (e.g. for going round bends), but the car was telling her she must do that speed, even though the bit of road affected had been left some time ago. The car would not reset until it had seen another speed limit sign, which of course are not required on national speed limit or 30mph zones.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

This has been my experience with many new cars

It's all about control and restrictions. Quite simply, they want cars off the road.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

I doubt that actually, they generate billions in tax every year

@simonbarrett9568

8 күн бұрын

they what only the very rich to have cars this is how the people in power work nowand this is how do the green agenda

I heard or read somewhere recently that if you turn it off and get involved in an accident your insurance will be invalid and this can be checked with a data logging device on the cars system.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

6 күн бұрын

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Definitely big brother. I just want a simple, comfortable, easily maintainable and most importantly, a reliable car that'll last 20 years. I don't want excessive gadgets that will break or become deprecated at some point in the future, I don't want distractive touch screens, or internet connections that track anything I do. I certainly don't want to spend the astronomical amounts of money that modern cars seem to now demand! Car ownership is getting ridiculous.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

Күн бұрын

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I think it would be a good idea for urban driving, it would be a bit like automatic cruise control? I think for faster roads when you might need acceleration to get out of a potential difficulty it would be less satisfactory. I have always thought that I wouldn't like a self driving car but it does seem the human driver is becoming less important?

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

It could be good for urban areas, even time controlled in some areas (near schools etc) but the technology needs to be better and less of a distraction.

@MooseUK

7 күн бұрын

If you need to speed up to avoid a problem and exceed the speed limit. Then you were either driving too fast or too carelessly. Speed limits aren't otional they apply at all times.

That means that will have to clean the signs then, my car regularly reads a 60 sign as 80 because it is covered in green moss!

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

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My Honda e does this, it doesn't brake the car just cuts power. All that is required is a sharp press of the accelerator to override, so no/little chance of being rear-ended should it misread a sign. It's not a big deal to be honest unless you're a driver who does not pay attention (someone may beep thier horn) or tailgates so closely that a car that is slowing down causes you to need to brake (the tailgater's fault) . It may reduce the number of drivers that speed then brake when they pass a speed camera, only to accelerate again. You can of course still speed if you wish, however, when you get caught there is pretty much zero excuse as you would have gone to some effort to commit the offence and not just been a bit absent minded as you car slowly crept up in speed.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

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I’ve driven the ex30 a lot and the speed alert just becomes white noise after a while. I’d like to clarify, I’m assuming it would become white noise as I never speed. The tiredness alerts are annoying. I was only saying the other day that they should be linked to your journey or driving time and the type of road you’re on. If the car detects you’re driving towards a white line, yawning, eyes closing and you’ve been driving a long time then sure blast away. A few minutes into a drive when you’re singing along to a song it thinks my singing is a yawn. My yawns sound better than my singing.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

😂 it’s far better in some cars than others, it needs proper investment and standardisation if it’s got any chance of actually improving safety. It’s funny how speed is always linked to safety but the speed limits are decades old and modern cars stopping distances have halved in recent times. There should be a focus on better driving and fewer distractions.

@somnambulist7705

8 күн бұрын

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru I agree but nobody wants to spend the money assessing roads as to safe limits at specified times. The speed limits were a made up number. However there are more and more distractions for drivers these days, I’m sure we’ve all been behind a white van veering from left to right as they read their phones. 20 mph have their place, outside schools when parents and children and going to or leaving. Maybe some town centres where busy shoppers just launch themselves in front of cars while the pedestrian crossing is just ten metres away. There’s little thought into most of these ideas and you wonder if any of them actually drive cars. One thought though, how will they make money from the motorist if they haven’t got speeding fines. Oh wait, they’ll just squeeze more in other ways.

IMHO I can see this causing more accidents then it stops. A bit like yourself Jim I've been driving my car along a duel carriage way and it's read a lower speed sign in a side road and told me my speed should be 30mph when I'm on a 60mph road, not good at all if that was to implement a braking sequence.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

I think if this is coming in there should be a standardised system rather than having each company using their own tech - it's more likely to be effective and safe if it's a common platform

@pauldoree3967

8 күн бұрын

@@jameschapman4824 I can think of a number of scenarios where this limiter would cause problems

@pauldoree3967

8 күн бұрын

@@jameschapman4824 I have a dual motor Tesla Model 3. If I have to floor it to go over 30th (albeit briefly to pas a cyclist), that releases almost 400bhp, instantly, which in itself may cause issues.

@pauldoree3967

8 күн бұрын

I was waiting for the ‘learn to drive safely’ safety comment. I do - and amazingly haven’t had any accidents in over 40 years. I do stick to the limits currently. Whilst I realise that going over the set limit is not legal, it is also frustrating to follow behind a cyclist doing 15 mph for ages because you can’t exceed the limit, even for a couple of seconds. This will, in itself, cause frustration and potentially unsafe overtaking. Another one - overtaking someone on a motorway, move into the outside lane at 70 to pass, to find that the other cars in the outside lane are going somewhat faster and approaching you too quickly for comfort. I’m not saying that the speeding cars are ok, only that I am seeing a potentially worrying scenario. Also, I challenge anyone who drives regularly to say with hand on heart that they always stay within the speed limit.

I know that in France they have varying speed limits for weather conditions and also if you’re pulling a caravan etc. Be interesting if these systems account for these.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

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Now if the Gov loose the revenue from speeding fines where or how are they going to recoup these loses ?

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

3 күн бұрын

More taxes I guess

Well, I'm fed up keeping to the speed limit and most cars speeding by me or giving me threatening gestures from behind. Those who object to this new device simply want to break the law and speed. I got my first speeding ticket last week due to driving between cats on a 30mph outskirts road where most of the traffic always drive at 40, and to drive at 30 enrages most of them, so I got caught doing 37mph, due to the constant pressure to drive over the speed limit. This has totally taken away any joy I had from driving. 😞

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

2 күн бұрын

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About time - Thanks James.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

@@joachim.charleshogg4728 👌

Ive just bought the new Dacia duster extreme edition and in there is a physical button you just push once to switch it off. When it’s on though the car beeps and whistles slows down and actually turns the wheel for lane adjust which is really annoying when overtaking.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

Күн бұрын

Yep, the physical buttons will become a thing of the past very soon

It appears to make sense, a good idea, however it goes against human nature when you're trying to get somewhere in the best time possible coz you have too for work or such in a limited time, so being very restricted just ends-up giving the feeling of frustration to add to the other little stresses of life - it seems silly but that's people for you. Most "speeders" aren't even _excessively_ speeding and those that do are the type to always over-speed and will find a way past the rules whilst everyone else just mooches along. Once again all have to suffer for the few. Not all roads are appropriately speed limited, some too fast, some too slow - there are many roads that were 30 and now 20 that are wide, long and no schools, etc. that feel painfully slow to drive especially during non-peak times. I have the feeling that many of the commentors that are saying "this is the best thing ever" are likely retired or in the easier time in their lives when don't feel the need or the energy to want to get around quickly, and the others are the green lobby that believe no-one should be driving - seriously the only way for true safety & top eco-efficiency would be to stop private ownership of automobiles and no-one to travel more than 5 miles from their place of residence. Only robot guided hire vehicles & public transport for local travel, trains for further away of which you'll need a travel permit to leave the local zone and you can't can't do that more than twice a year. Motorbikes banned for safety, pollution & noise reasons. Cycles & e-scooters limited to 5mph using more electronic gizmos _and_ you'll need insurance & permits for those too. There are still those who like to just go out for a drive but with so many restrictions & controls, along with the amount of traffic and poor condition of the roads, that even if you play within the rules you'll feel unfulfilled for doing so. The dream of automotive freedom is being erased and all those car adverts expressing freedom & pleasure should be banned! All we need are basic square boxes that can't go more than 20mph - basically milk-floats from a single worldwide manufacturer and we'll all be better-off - won't we??

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

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So your brand new Porsche, Ferrari or Maserati can now be overtaken by a 20 year old Peugeot - It's a cruel world.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

6 күн бұрын

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I like the speed limiter on my car - a 2023 Renault Megane E-Tech - but fortunately it has to be activated like cruise control and only makes it difficult to exceed the speed limit by making you having to press the accelerator hard. There are no noisy bongs just a symbol flashing in the instrument binnacle. I believe that with the new 2025 model year Megane the speed limit comes on automatically but there is a simple switch to turn it off - together with functions like lane warning.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

6 күн бұрын

Yeah that’s a different type on your car, they’ve been around for years and can be great 👍

Would it be easier ir every car had the same software (so all cars read the same road sign the same) and the car would only go as fast as the speed limit, BUT if you over ruled it by pushing you foot right down THEN and only then the bings and bongs start.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

@@brianiswrong 👍

I think you hit the nail on the head with the income made from speeding fine income. No way can our gov live without that right now so if they do, a new tax of some sort will need to be paid by someone

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

I guess that VAT on all this tech will help. I’m not against this tech in all areas but the way, but it needs to be way better in some cars. If there’s no standardisation it’ll be downright dangerous

@user-cw2np6dp2m

7 күн бұрын

The income is not important to the government. The amount they gain is relatively low. All speeding income goes to central government to avoid local goverments form profiteering from speeding.

@davidwade4594

7 күн бұрын

So the government doesn't care about the money because the government gets it? ​😂@@user-cw2np6dp2m

I have a 2016 BMW that has a speed limiter, it's a voluntary one that you have to set yourself. I think this is great and I am sure it has saved me from going over the limit on multiple occasions. I just have to remember to set it as I enter a road that has a different limit, say an urban area or near a school. It would help if it could read the road signs and/or use GPS data to set the limit. However, I would prefer if it just spoke the speed limit as I entered a new speed limit and perhaps asked me if I wanted to obey it by perhaps saying yes or no or pressing a button. It scares me that my car might suddenly apply the breaks, as you suggest, because it read a 30mph sign on an adjacent road to the motorway. I can see miscreants putting up fake signs on motorways.... 10mph ? Also, what about gantry speed signs and mobile signs that workmen put up and then forget to remove or that get blown over in a gale ? or if the roadside sign is different from the GPS data for that road ?

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

Yeah voluntary speed limiters are great f

@grumblewoof4721

8 күн бұрын

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru I can imagine protesters like Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion putting up fake speed signs on Motorways. Chaos and pile ups.

There will always be a way to map it out anyway.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

4 күн бұрын

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Just a reason to get your car remapped, I hated having a 155mph limiter on my bmw so got it removed, same for whatever limits they decide on new cars

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

6 күн бұрын

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We left the EU because a lot of us were fed up with this top down nonsense from people who don’t know better than us. If you want things to change, then demand it. Take evidence. Pressure the politicians into rejecting these EU rules we’re no longer a part of.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

2 күн бұрын

go for it

The TSR in my BYD Dolphin is so annoying that I turn it off each time I start it. If you can turn off the speed reduction then I don't know what the problem is right now. Unfortunately, like a lot of things there is so much misinformation out there, particularly from ranting tabloids.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

Yeah it’s pretty annoying on BYDs, there seems to be no 1% margin or anything.

@DanJHayes

7 күн бұрын

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru I can set the cruise 10% above the limit and it doesn't bleep then. There are so many bleeps for other things that I do just ignore them mostly. There are great safety features, like the orange triangles in the wing mirrors for cars in the blind spot, then there are others that most will start to ignore. BTW, got a good discount on GAP insurance using your code. The dealer wouldn't have come close to beating it.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

Result. Pleased with the dolphin otherwise? I was really impressed after spending a day with one…beeps aside

@DanJHayes

7 күн бұрын

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru Yeah, other than the beeps and the DAB not working it's been faultless, really smooth and comfortable. I'm very impressed with the quality of the ride. I've made the switch from a manual, pre-gpf Golf R so it's very different to that, not as engaging/exciting to drive, but I'm saving a fortune!

I’ve been driving on a dual carriageway and no cars in front just cars coming in the opposite direction in the other lane and all of a sudden the car slams on the brakes I was just lucky there was no one behind me or I would have been in a crash.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

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Isn’t it more likely the uk gov will use the tech to issue fines and make a few quid - great revenue stream, fines issued by satellite!

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

Күн бұрын

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It’s two touches of a button to turn off the beep in my 2024 Defender, or £500 to get it switched off permanently by a tuning specialist.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

5 күн бұрын

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Be interesting to see how buying new cars with limiters compare with pre limiters

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

22 сағат бұрын

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There is already EU regulations that have resulted in the stupid lane correction. In my Volvo C40 I do not have to turn it off every time I set off but in my wife's Mercedes A35 I need to cancel every time I start the engine. I understand that it could be that if you turn the speed limiter off your insurance is not valid. We should refuse to buy the cars and try to remove the incompetent imbeciles that keep getting elected to Parliament .

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

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Oh dear. What are Councils & Plod going to do when their speeding fine revenue stream dries up? Another turn off to buying a new car (as well as the price). I'll be sticking with my 2016 Skoda Superb estate. All the car I'll ever need apart from perhaps a classic Stag, if I had somewhere to garage it.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

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I’ll have it mapped out 😮

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

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The Hyundai i10 courtesy I was recently using couldn’t recognise the National speed limit signs; it bonged annoyingly.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

That’s the problem Marv, the tech and implementation of it is very inconsistent across the various brands. If it actually starts adjusting the speed accordingly it could be quite dangerous.

In the white paper, as of next year it will not be possible to turn the system off

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

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@atomictraveller

5 күн бұрын

it's hard to turn the system off when people keep watching all of it's quality entertainment produced at the masonic lodge.

The nanny state is slowly taking over but what can you do. Hopefully you can program a short cut button I have one on my Kona but will there one on the new cars.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

👍👍 there won’t

Slight problem with this potential law. I’ve had speed limiters and adaptive cruise control for years. But and it’s a very big but, when the local council are responsible for setting the correct gps speed limit correctly which they frequently don’t, the driver isn’t responsible if the car doesn’t know the speed limit. Where I live I can take you down a 30 mph limit road that gps says is 80 mph! All this traffic sign recognition bullshit is just that. It’s gps set by the council that displays the speed limit and adaptive cruise control that cars use. You get one side of the road with one limit and the other with a different one. Local authorities need to ensure their staff set the gps exactly and not to a random point on a map they seem to select. According to gps the M62 east to Manchester has a 50 mph limit that was actually lifted to 70 many months ago when the “smart motorway” works were completed. So speed limiters just ain’t going to work plus, to my knowledge a vehicle speedometer must be specially calibrated for accuracy and very regularly so who is going to pay for that?

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

6 күн бұрын

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I thought I read the other day the DVLA where not implementing this in the uk. Type the EU speed limiter in Google it says all cars in Europe and Northern Island but not Great Britain.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

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Doing 70mph on a motorway my car read the construction speed limit sign 10mph. Wouldn’t like to have had the brakes applied in those circumstances.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

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200mph racing side by side on the racing line in motorsport and we don’t see many crashes, speed isnt the problem with safety on roads fords crashed my car whilst trying to get it on the lift ramp 2mph, £2000 damage.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

Күн бұрын

Large stretches of German motorway have no enforced speed limit, and the number of fatalities is higher than on Britain roads, yet the country's rate of deaths is two thirds lower - three for every 100 miles, compared to GB's five for every 100 miles.

I use my limiter most of the time, very easy to toggle on and off. There are problems if it doesn't read a speed sign sometimes.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

There won’t be any toggling in future, 2 screen presses minimum right now and from next year the ability to switch it off will be gone

@Humannondancer

7 күн бұрын

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru One steering wheel button press of the Lim button on my 24 plate Puma. There is no screen button involved. You are assuming too much here.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

I’m not assuming a thing actually. I’ve driven several cars that already have the new compliant specs. At least 2 presses via a menu system required each and every time you get in.

@Humannondancer

6 күн бұрын

@@DefinitelyNotAGuru I'm afraid you are assuming all new cars are like that already. My Ford was newly built to order from Feb, picked it up April 30th. It's a one button push on the steering wheel LIM button to activate/deactivate after starting the car. Nothing else required every time.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

6 күн бұрын

I’m not saying it’s not, read the comment and listen to the video mate. I know your car has a single button to disable it - in future, new version of your car won’t. End of.

I have no problem with speed limiters. I don't know why they need to beep at you though. It just needs to stop the car exceeding the speed limit, it doesn't need to tell you about it.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

6 күн бұрын

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I think personal ownership of a vehicle might be a thing of the past in a few years' time. As we become more populated by open door migration policies there simply won't beroom for the many cars that will be demanded. It wont be speed liniters but ownership and access limiters.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

Күн бұрын

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I always know when i going to fast in my 2015 mokka the faster i go my wife becomes quiet and grips the car seats 😂

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

6 күн бұрын

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I've a Kia Ev9 which has a lot of this tech. I habitually and eeflexively disable at start. It has also misread speed signs whilst on a motorway. Imagine the teans who drop bricks just switched to a 20 sign on a motorway bridge! Truly, monumentally stupid, even if it could work properly it would make overtaking mostly impossible.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

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Thamk you for this info. You said at the start of the video that manufacturers dont want to make something special for the UK market. Well we do drive on the left hand side of the road compaired to Most of the EU driving on the right so they already do make something different for the UK market. And what about cars being sold to the rest of the world, from the EU will the american or asian markets have to adapt to EU regulations or will manufacturers make adjustments for these markets.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

Күн бұрын

Plenty of other places drive on the same side of the road as us (Australia, India, Japan, Thailand etc). Car manufacturers are making RHD vehicles to serve all of those countries, not just us.

Sounds to me that while we are tapping screens not looking ahead it is needed ?.... or if self driving is coming ?.... we wont be drivers anymore but called inputers ??? 😅

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

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If they are so concerned about speed then they would of stopped manufacturers from selling cars that can get above 80mph for a start. Of course it won’t stop the speeding in built up residential areas but you get my point.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

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The EU thinks it’s a country it’s not. What part of a “trading coalition” forces this crap on their residents.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

Күн бұрын

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Not sure there is any validity in car makers saying they don’t want to make a car different for the UK when they are by design different I.e RHD vs LHD

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

6 күн бұрын

Ok

I drove a company van for a few years that had a speed limiter that you could not turn off. On a few occasions when overtaking long vehicles, and needing some extra speed to pass quickly, and safety, it wasn't there and I had some near misses....!

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

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If compulsory in the EU, expect the Police across the EU to check all cars, requiring them to ensure they are fitted and prosecuted and impound cars if not. My Tesla dings if speed is over the limit, which is annoying, and I would prefer a limiter as I have experience with this, albeit, in my last Mitsubishi, it was manual. I had to remember to turn it on for cameras on downhill stretches, where it was easy to exceed the limit and risk a fine and points for no reason. In use, a limiter is easy and natural to override to avoid an accident; just put your foot hard down on the accelerator. I hope a Tesla update will give the option to use a limiter on all vehicles and turn off the wretched dings.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

@@Paul.Woodcraft 👍

@jeffmtitanium1

8 күн бұрын

Police checking, what's the chance ?​@@DefinitelyNotAGuru

Cars are already special here the steering wheel is on the right so don't that's why manufacturers would do it its more the nanny state telling them to

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

40 минут бұрын

Plenty of other places drive on the same side of the road as us (Australia, India, Japan, Thailand etc). Car manufacturers are making RHD vehicles to serve all of those countries, not just us.

I've had a car with the so called speed limiter (optional then) it failed frequently to identify the correct speed from speed signs. So potentially deadly.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

Күн бұрын

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I had speed limit recognition on my car in 2015 and 25% of the time it was as incorrect. On my latest car 2023MY it’s no better. So don’t see how they can introduce a warning system based on such inaccurate information.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

One of the major problems, they should at least have a standardised system in place

Just raise the speed limits such as the Motorway limit which is ancient and outdated to 81 mph as per Europe. It far safer and leads to much less bunching, better lane discipline and people driving so closely. The worst drivers by far are those who sit in the middle lane or in a lorries blind spot doing 60 mph. The warning should be to keep left at all times and if you don’t the car takes you to the next services and won’t start again until you have been on a motorway course.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

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Living in a small village that straddles a main trunk road where the 30mph limit appears to considered to be the minimum speed limit this cannot come soon enough - fed up with the village being used as a race track for 45t trucks as well as souped up Corsas. As an able bodied 67 year old I take my life in my hands every time I cross the Main Street. We have a Zebra crossing - even that isn’t safe to use as it is universally ignored by speeders.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

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@wileywilson

8 күн бұрын

+1 Tim. Live in a 20mph village in Bradford, same issue as you've mentioned. In addition to speeders, we've got Phone zombies, speeders, tailgaters, driving too closers, U turners and puller-outers.

@timoliver8940

8 күн бұрын

@@wileywilson because of the trunk road we cannot have the 20mph limit, the minimum has to be 30mph. All the other villages around are 20mph limits but it’s not enforced. Last year we were told that the plan was to have average speed cameras like the yellow gantries on motorways installed but the council ran out of money………… we now get a Police Traffic Safety Camera van parked in the Main Street among the parked cars sometimes daily, and that has proved to the authorities by the amount of people it catches how big the problem is. Had to laugh at one of my neighbors who is one of the main agitator for average speed cams who was recently caught driving passed the camera can at 39mph………..

@Paul.Woodcraft

8 күн бұрын

Agree our house in a village with a supposed 30mph limit feels at times as if it was on the Isle of Man during TT week!

@atomictraveller

5 күн бұрын

smashing. tim, when you're reborn in tucson with 4 ton testicles, you be sure to facehug that 5mph speedlimit when you're crossing a 30 mile valley at 119 degrees fahrenheit. you're on your way to pudendaville holmes.

Why can't they create a speed limiter that works a bit like cruise control where if set at 70mph it won't go beyond it etc

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

They have, it's just not quite working that way yet (but it could and likely will!)

@stevenjones916

8 күн бұрын

Why don't you pay attention and take responsibility for your driving ?

Faster rates of acceleration particularly in electric cars will get limited at some point as well then

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

6 күн бұрын

Maybe

I don’t understand why they legistlating technology where its reliability is determined by the vehicle manufacturer. VW quality is currently really bad to a point where it could be argued that is more dangerous than not having the tech at all.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

That’s the story in a lot of cars I’ve tested, these things are often poorly implemented and cause a big distraction.

Insurance charges “should” drop dramatically further reducing the tax the government gets from motorists. Fuel economy may go up, reducing fuel used, more money the government loses, so we will have to pay more for something else!

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

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Just remember guys the government wanted you to speed for 4 reasons 1. The get lovely extra income from fines 2. You use more fuel and that means more fuel duty 3. You will wear through your vehicle components much quicker so yes more VAT 4. If you peg it in an accident they won't have to worry about your old age pension and medical NHS money you might have incurred during the rest of your life! Once their money starts to dry up this will be reversed 😮😮😮

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

6 күн бұрын

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All Renault group cars it can be de activated by a 1 press button Renault Dacia etc

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

Not for long. It’ll only be possible to deactivate via the menu system soon.

I thought this only applied as new models are introduced? In other words it will not be introduced to existing vehicle manufacturer ranges.

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

7 күн бұрын

Not according to what I’ve read but maybe

My bike still does 180 🕺

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

6 күн бұрын

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Boy racers should have to have this fitted retrospectively, at the same time as the car is in to have a black box fitted 😄

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

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My Skoda has had a programmable speed limiter fitted since it was built 3 years ago. I just don't use it.....

@DefinitelyNotAGuru

8 күн бұрын

Yes, they've been on cars for donkey's years in that respect