Speed warning system intelligence driving me crazy

cardibach · 07/05/2025 11:45

tamade · 07/05/2025 00:13

Well it isn’t
Your statement that the introduction of 20mph speed limits in Wales is proof of that.
how, you ask?
Because I doubt that everyone in Wales is following the 20mph limit exactly and strictly, probably breaking it by one or two miles per hour - but still you say there’s data to show an improvement.
On the other hand British roads are pretty safe so you would need very good data to make a definitive statement like that without any kind of statement of uncertainty.

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If people are going at 22 in a 20 they’d have been doing 33 in a 30. The policy has reduced deaths. It’s also reduced accidents and is causing insurance premiums to drop. This is by a pro 20mph group, but it’s all referenced with links to the data. https://www.20splenty.org/wales_1st_12_months#:~:text=Reducing%20the%20default%20speed%20limit%20on%20built%2Dup%20roads%20to,compared%20with%20the%20previous%20year.

MysteriousUsername · 07/05/2025 01:09

It drives me mad as it doesn’t work and changes speed limits in random areas! Like a 70mph zone it suddenly thinks is 40mph near me. It’s not! And the road that has changed from 30mph to 20mph, but it hasn’t realised. Oh, and telling me it’s 100mph speed limit on a motorway was a fun one! Obviously I know it’s not, but what Is that about?

The random breaking is a joy too. Clear road? Why not imagine a hazard and brake.

tamade · 07/05/2025 00:13

cardibach · 06/05/2025 16:44

I’m not responding to that aspect, just @tamade ’s assertion that breaking a 20mph limit by a few miles isn’t a big deal.

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Well it isn’t
Your statement that the introduction of 20mph speed limits in Wales is proof of that.
how, you ask?
Because I doubt that everyone in Wales is following the 20mph limit exactly and strictly, probably breaking it by one or two miles per hour - but still you say there’s data to show an improvement.
On the other hand British roads are pretty safe so you would need very good data to make a definitive statement like that without any kind of statement of uncertainty.

dementedpixie · 06/05/2025 17:23

cardibach · 06/05/2025 16:45

They shouldn’t be sounding outside the car surely? I’ve only heard that from vans. My car dings inside if it’s close to something while reversing.

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My dh's electric car beeps audibly when he's reversing into the drive. That's how we know he's home

Allywill · 06/05/2025 16:47

yep had same when had a courtesy car. i really wouldn’t have minded if it actually worked but as others have said it hardly ever got the speed limit right so was a distraction at best. why it’s become acceptable to roll out technology that is full of bugs that needs a update to fix is beyond me. it was relatively easy to turn off but had to be done each time. if had been my car i would have been tempted to take it back to garage and say it wasn’t working.

cardibach · 06/05/2025 16:45

Redpeach · 06/05/2025 16:42

At least thats only annoying you and others in your car. I get woken up every morning by the reversing car dings, of people in my street

They shouldn’t be sounding outside the car surely? I’ve only heard that from vans. My car dings inside if it’s close to something while reversing.

cardibach · 06/05/2025 16:44

blueleavesgreensky · 06/05/2025 16:00

You are a bit behind or you are wilfully ignoring the other commenters who have clearly explained that the system is not accurate and registers the wrong speed limit so pings off for whole stretches of road where the drivers not speeding

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I’m not responding to that aspect, just @tamade ’s assertion that breaking a 20mph limit by a few miles isn’t a big deal.

Redpeach · 06/05/2025 16:42

At least thats only annoying you and others in your car. I get woken up every morning by the reversing car dings, of people in my street

GasPanic · 06/05/2025 16:39

If there is a solution you can pretty much bet you will find it by googling.

Where you won't find it is on here. Especially if you don't post the type of car. As no one will have a clue as every car is different.

Pericombobulations · 06/05/2025 16:32

My car has all these features and is driving me crazy.

the speed detection is fine until going home it thinks I’m in the 20 further up the road that I just turned off before and complains that I’m doing 30.

the collision detection has now braked me twice on my driveway for no reason and has done twice on clear roads with nothing in front of me.

It also beeps when I get no where near a small bush or a person walking on the pavement a distance away from me.

it’s definitely out to finish me off

blueleavesgreensky · 06/05/2025 16:00

cardibach · 06/05/2025 12:03

And yet the 20mph limits in Wales have saved lives. Measurably.
It’s madness that @Bananasandcarrots is thinking of changing cars and losing money in order to be able to break a law she dislikes often enough that it’s irritating.

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You are a bit behind or you are wilfully ignoring the other commenters who have clearly explained that the system is not accurate and registers the wrong speed limit so pings off for whole stretches of road where the drivers not speeding

mumda · 06/05/2025 15:43

What sort have you got?
Do they all have it now?

AlwaysFreezing · 06/05/2025 12:48

I hired a car last weekend that had this and the lane correction thing. Bloody annoying. I'd hate to buy a car and realise afterwards it had these features, unless you can turn them off properly.

SoftPillow · 06/05/2025 12:40

Ours has to be deactivated at the start of each journey. I wouldn’t mind an accurate beep, totally reasonable and a useful reminder to slow down. But most of the beeps are for the wrong speed limit, as many have described above. That’s infuriating.

mumda · 06/05/2025 12:25

Bananasandcarrots · 04/05/2025 20:59

Similar here, perhaps we can turn volume down

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Does it come out of a special speaker?

cardibach · 06/05/2025 12:03

tamade · 04/05/2025 18:14

One or two miles over in a 20 mph zone hardly registers as an issue. The people who cause accidents and kill people are the ones who ignore speed limits entirely. There are still people who do 50,60,70 mph in 30 mph zones

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And yet the 20mph limits in Wales have saved lives. Measurably.
It’s madness that @Bananasandcarrots is thinking of changing cars and losing money in order to be able to break a law she dislikes often enough that it’s irritating.

Dbank · 06/05/2025 12:02

What make of car and model is it?

Ethosuximibe · 06/05/2025 12:02

My car thinks a local 30 is a 20 for some reason and the school road is 5 instead of 20 (because there’s a sign for 5mph on the side road going into school), so beeps incessantly as you go down these, it’s so annoying! It does go off after about a minute though.

SeaShellsSanctuary1 · 06/05/2025 11:59

Guarantee there's a YouTube video for virtually every make/model of car to switch this off.

You probably could have found it in the time it took to type your post

Chiseltip · 06/05/2025 11:56

What car is this OP?

tamade · 06/05/2025 11:30

TeenLifeMum · 04/05/2025 18:27

I had to do a speed awareness course for doing 33 in a 30.

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I think that’s appropriate, you were obviously trying to keep to the limit but didn’t check the speedometer. Some refresher training and maybe some ideas on how to manage the speed is fair enough for your transgression.

someone doing 50 in a 30 can’t be educated

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Bananasandcarrots · 04/05/2025 20:59

AndSoFinally · 04/05/2025 20:19

Mine is at the end of a seemingly endless settings menu. But you can turn the volume down on it easily and then you can't really hear it over the radio so I just leave it on

Similar here, perhaps we can turn volume down

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Bananasandcarrots · 04/05/2025 20:58

It is extremely annoying; I feel like selling it and getting an older version

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Llttledrummergirl · 04/05/2025 20:25

Ds2 has a car with the lane correction feature. He hates it and turns it off everytime he drives.

TY78910 · 04/05/2025 20:20

toomuchfaff · 04/05/2025 17:43

Haven’t figure it out how to switch off,

Owners manual....

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