My Subaru has one as does my Garmin. Neither are set. A while back a trial on some US Jeeps demonstrated that outside “ hackers” could over ride the throttle either way. The mind boggles as what could be done for the future cars, for good or for ill. Perhaps the time is coming to brush off the bus and rail passes 😂, well it is anyway I guess.The Touareg has a speed warning that you set to your own level. Not sure I want my car controlled by outside influences?
Too late... Cars(and most other vehicles) have been subjected to limitations either set by external influences since the wheel was invented, Gravity, friction, air resistance, road surfaces..cost of fuel. taxes, insurance.... need I go on!The Touareg has a speed warning that you set to your own level. Not sure I want my car controlled by outside influences?
I posted this thread in good faith to highlight a new EU Law which will in the long term affect us all.Too late... Cars(and most other vehicles) have been subjected to limitations either set by external influences since the wheel was invented, Gravity, friction, air resistance, road surfaces..cost of fuel. taxes, insurance.... need I go on!
Guess I should cross the top spec Kia EV6 off of the list with a top speed around 162 mph. Although even in Germany when I took the XC70 up to 120 mph it wasn’t a very comfortable time as on a three lane relatively quiet autobahn you were coming up behind vehicles in lanes 1 and 2 so quickly you were ever on your guard for one coming into lane 3. Guess I’m not cut out to be a police TPO.
Oh great the EV 6 could still be an option then. 👍It might be a suggested EU directive, but it would never get implemented with Germany traditionally resisting any attempt to have a blanket speed limit of any sort.
If it’s too bad with speeding vehicles you could set up a community speed watch group. There’s a couple around here that proved effective. Other villages/areas have benefitted from asking the council to put up the radar speed warnings that show oncoming motorists their speed. One is a permanent fixture others have temporary speed displays periodically strapped to lamp posts. Try contacting your councillor.We live near a school and the speed limit is 30mph at the moment because the 20mph speed limit signs have not yet been posted. I would like motorists to limit their speed to one of these speeds (I don't mind which one) so that we can walk out of the house without fear of being mown down. The ridiculous speeds some drivers are travelling at and the noise with straight through exhausts is getting us down. If automatic speed control is brought in, we will be delighted. As a motorist I try to adhere to all speed limits, helped by Mrs Ern with her automatic speed limiter (right hand back hand on the leg).
The speed limit signs are 30mph. There are several school locations in the district where the speed limit is 30mph at the moment, however my satnav and other local friends are getting 20mph on the screen. Not that it makes any difference to the local yobs who are hammering around in hotted up cars at much higher speeds than that.is the speed limit 20 or 30? are you having the road changed to 20 as per the new road signs will be 20 on a sign with red circle around it or is it going to be 20 with a green circle around it, if it’s red then speed above what ever is on the sign is enforceable but I’ve been told the 20mph signs popping up in lots of village locations with a green circle around it are meaningless because to be legally enforceable it has to be with a red outline.
If you were to talk to your police they might set up a radar trap to catch a few and send message to others. But a better solution could be the councillor. Doing nothing won’t achieve anything.The speed limit signs are 30mph. There are several school locations in the district where the speed limit is 30mph at the moment, however my satnav and other local friends are getting 20mph on the screen. Not that it makes any difference to the local yobs who are hammering around in hotted up cars at much higher speeds than that.
Our dogs are too old now to exceed the speed limit when we go for a walk. But joking aside I have noticed that younger women tend to be less considerate and do tend to drive more towards the faster side of average.We have one road which is the main roa that runs through the village and in the middle there is a T junction where another road joins the main road. Obviously horrible country roads with loads of bumps and potholes.
During a week we had an average of 468 vehicles coming through the village along the main road daily with average speed. 29mph and maximum speed 55mph on one road. On the other road coming to the T junction daily total was 1431 and average speed 32mph with highest speed 72mph.
It appears that the majority of the speedsters were young women followed by young men however this was just an observation from passerbys. However both the wife and myself have noticed that it seems to be mainly young women exceeding the speed limit through the village when taking the dogs for a walk in the mornings.
Your post give the impression that anyone could put up a sign and provided its teh right colour it become enforceable - sorry but no. The local authority are the ones that can put up legally enforceable signs, amd there is a considerable process they have to go through before they can be erected or changed....but I’ve been told the 20mph signs popping up in lots of village locations with a green circle around it are meaningless because to be legally enforceable it has to be with a red outline.