The anti-speeding technology would monitor the driver’s speed and prevent their vehicle from going over local speed limits.
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For the speeds quoted in the article, I think 5 to 10 years in jail is a better outcome for the rest of us.
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This is all well and good until a car with one of those devices tried to increase speed to avoid an accident… Lawsuit time.
Not to mention the technology is not foolproof. I have android auto in my new car that tells me the speed limit where I am driving. There are times it is incorrect… too high or too low. Generally this should not be a great concern depending on how the system is designed to deal with it.
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I-95 around Fredericksburg, VA has variable speed limits depending on the amount of traffic. The speed limit is normally 70, but IIRC can be as low as 40. I doubt that current GPS systems recognize the change in speed limit.
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I think a law requiring a mother in law to ride along might be more effective.
Of course what we were taught was that laws require the majority of the public to voluntarily follow them. Any number of ways to force compliance and stating honorable intentions, but beware the cracks in the armor. The lobotomy is for your own good after all.
Deep analysis by the USA Today as usual.
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Does your car’s road sign recognize system read digital speed limit displays?
Can’t imagine any car going the speed limit on any of the interstates I drive.
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Just a few days ago, a NJ guy was sentenced to 4 years in State Prison for that exact type of offense, and nobody was even injured from this reckless incident.
Driver sentenced to 4 years in prison for 100 mph Parkway chase
Raekwon Davis, 27, of Pemberton, was allegedly clocked going 100 mph on the Garden State Parkway in Atlantic County.
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A Burlington County man has been sentenced to four years in state prison for leading police on a high-speed chase that ended with him nearly spinning out on a Garden State Parkway exit ramp.
Raekwon Davis, 27, of Pemberton, was sentenced Friday by Superior Court Judge Joseph Levin for second-degree eluding law enforcement, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office.
The chase began on May 1, 2023, when a state trooper clocked Davis driving more than 100 mph on the Garden State Parkway in Atlantic County, authorities said.
Davis was weaving through traffic, tailgating other drivers and illegally passing vehicles on the shoulder near milepost 49 by the Mullica River Bridge, authorities said.
When the trooper attempted to pull him over, Davis initially slowed down and pulled to the side, but then sped away, officials said.
He continued fleeing until he attempted to take Exit 48, where he nearly lost control of the vehicle, police said.
No injuries were reported in the incident.
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There is speeding…
And then there is eluding…
100 mph might get your license yanked for a year or 2. Eluding, well, 4 years in the slammer!
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In March 2023 two drivers were speeding on the Baltimore Beltway in a construction zone. Both were going well over 100 mph and were weaving through traffic at the same time. They collided and one driver went over the concrete barrier, flipped over, and killed 6 construction workers. The other crashed without hurting anyone. This last driver received an 18 month sentence which was recently reduced to 3 months with the remainder served on home detention. The killer has her trial postponed two months ago. The state objected to the 3 month sentence but the judge did it anyway.
I doubt it. We have a 2019 Odyssey EX-L without navigation. We use Apple Maps for GPS. I think you are asking if there is a camera that reads speed limit signs, and there are no cameras except the backup one on this minivan. We do have speed limits on the GPS screen, but I believe these are part of the GPS software. There are some roads where the GPS limit is incorrect, even after passing the sign.
I though you drove a 2023 Tesla. I wouldn’t expect a 2019 Honda to have road sign recognition as standard equipment.
We have both and almost always drive the Odyssey to our daughter’s house. The M3 has speed assist and reads the speed limit sign as you said. Tesla says that the speed assist doesn’t work well if the weather is bad enough that the camera can’t see the sign, but it wouldn’t be prudent to go the speed limit if the sign is unreadable.
Don’t some vehicles have governors now?
That’s a good use for yours, maybe; you may have a different opinion about your wife’s.
Maybe trucks but don’t think cars much. My olds aurora had a governed speed of 104 I believe, but it had the autobahn package that topped it out at 130. 90 was the fastest I ever went though.
I find myself needing to speed up to avoid a crash about as often as I need my emergency ejection seat.
My maybe 20 year old Garmin with lifetime map updates displays speed limit on the screen. The indicator displaying speed limit turns red of you are going over.
…based on old date.
Modern vehicles read road signs via the forward recognition camera in the windshield.
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I have an older Garmin that lets you update the speed limit. If I go by a sign that shows 35 and my Garmin displays 45 I can push and hold on the SL display. It will give you a screen to change and save the new SL. On my newer Garmins they have taken that capability away. Probably liability concerns.
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Encouraging drivers to take their eyes off the road isn’t a good idea, so… yes… likely liability concerns.