Re: EU Speed Limiters
 

It's probably your speedometer that's calibrated slightly under rather than the sat nav imo

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There's always some knob trying to stop you from having a wee bit of fun.:p:

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I heard about it on French radio yesterday. Many French "experts" are against the idea, as it would be confused by "incorrect signage".

"If cars were still driving too fast past my cottage, all I would have to do was to put up a homemade sign marked "20" and they would brake rapidly". Total loon.

The "safety expert" just rattled on about drivers being distracted from the road, by having to check for speed limit signs and their speedo.

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Or as we call it, "driving"….

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What next from the loony EU bureaucrats, bananas that have abnormal curvature. ;)

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Rumour has it, they've done a deal with Volkswagen to supply the data on their new 'carbon neutral' coal mines ;)

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No way....:shocked:

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Well Audi, BMW and Mercedes are always in lane 3/4 driving above the speed limit, no lights or indication.

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You sure about that? Most modern-day cars have lights which are on all the time.

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German cars have no indicators or speedometer.

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My car has an automatic speed limiter, but it's positively dangerous. I normally keep it switched off, but unknown to me it had been switched back on after the last service.

I was driving along this road at 40ish in moderately heavy traffic, when it suddenly slammed the brakes on...

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3932...7i16384!8i8192

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My car just has a warning system - a flashing car shows on the dashboard if it thinks you are to close (inside the braking distance for the speed), then gives out a piercing note if you get too close.

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My older cars had that . . . well, to be honest it was a piercing shriek from the passenger seat :D

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Similar for my Skoda. The only time I've had the brakes come on by themselves is if it thinks I'm going to hit something.

Though as it's got triggered by a car in a side street moving towards the main road, it can be over active.

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Hitchhikers get nervous with my driving as well…

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Mine is a Skoda as well (Kodiaq)