thekafer
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| posted on 7/7/04 at 10:07 PM |
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GPS speed limiters..???
Tell me things I'm reading on some web sites about GPS devices used to govern a cars speed are not true!!(And for those who would answer with a
whiny "but it's a good idea.." speech, spare me, because it is'nt.) Are they really talking about mandating this on cars in
the U.K.?
Please speak comforts, Fletch
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy...
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Deckman001
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| posted on 7/7/04 at 10:26 PM |
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It's true !! but thankfully tho it is only a trial with one manufactrer, Skoda i think but am not sure. The government say it will be an
option not a law, i read in a paper !!!!!
Jason
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 7/7/04 at 10:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Deckman001
It's true !! but thankfully tho it is only a trial with one manufactrer, Skoda i think but am not sure. The government say it will be an
option not a law, i read in a paper !!!!!
Jason
who needs a gps in a skoda....they all got sold to old grannys and sunday drivers. They do a grand job of playing at rolling roadblocks. Get a white
van!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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TPAFKAMH
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| posted on 7/7/04 at 10:50 PM |
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I drive one.
Damn non-turbo thing.
The Gutless Wonder I call it...
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thekafer
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| posted on 7/7/04 at 11:02 PM |
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Just a trial run.....Right....
"I'm from the goverment and I'm here to help"....kinda thing,I get it.
Imagine the havoc this would play on the entire auto industry. No more performance anything, no more 5 series,no after market anything (except
jamming devices)no more sports cars of any kind. What would be the point of owning one?
Rant over Fletch,
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy...
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 7/7/04 at 11:08 PM |
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we have that with speed scameras now,i recon there are 3 for every person in the country
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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MikeP
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| posted on 7/7/04 at 11:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by thekafer
Just a trial run.....Right....
"I'm from the goverment and I'm here to help"....kinda thing,I get it.
Imagine the havoc this would play on the entire auto industry. No more performance anything, no more 5 series,no after market anything (except
jamming devices)no more sports cars of any kind. What would be the point of owning one?
Rant over Fletch,
Hehehe, true about the government. Personally I've got no issues with doing this or speed traps or cameras in residential areas - speed where
my kids are and no punishment is severe enough... I hate the thought on the highway though.
This might not hurt the auto industry - maybe nimbler cars with quicker acceleration but lower top ends would be more popular? 'Cause
there's a speed limit but nothing on rate of acceleration or even cornering speed (yet). It'd make our little cars and classics more
valuable, what with no big brother parts installed as standard, and might promote a bigger, more accessable motor sports community  .
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spunky
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| posted on 8/7/04 at 01:07 AM |
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You have got to be joking.......
If speed was restricted the huge revenue generated from cameras would cease. No way will the government allow that to happen.
And anyway it would be a logical and cost effective way of reducing accidents, saving lives, lowering insurance costs, taking some strain off the NHS,
so I say again, no way will the government do it!!!
Far too simple for them.
John
The reckless man may not live as long......
But the cautious man does not live at all.....
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 8/7/04 at 07:56 AM |
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Hehehe, true about the government. Personally I've got no issues with doing this or speed traps or cameras in residential areas - speed where
my kids are and no punishment is severe enough... I hate the thought on the highway though.
This might not hurt the auto industry - maybe nimbler cars with quicker acceleration but lower top ends would be more popular? 'Cause
there's a speed limit but nothing on rate of acceleration or even cornering speed (yet). It'd make our little cars and classics more
valuable, what with no big brother parts installed as standard, and might promote a bigger, more accessable motor sports community .
You're from Canada right.... nuff said
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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ned
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| posted on 8/7/04 at 08:52 AM |
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ITS ALL A BOLLOX IDEA
beware, I've got yellow skin
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MikeP
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| posted on 8/7/04 at 12:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by protofj
You're from Canada right.... nuff said
Uh, yeah. Oh no, now what's wrong with us? 
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timf
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| posted on 8/7/04 at 12:41 PM |
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HMG please fit this box to your car
ME bleep right off
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andyps
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| posted on 8/7/04 at 03:57 PM |
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More likely we will get "big brother" devices which will monitor our every move and report that back with gps data so fines can be
automatically sent out on the basis of "at 3.42pm on July 8th your car was travelling at 36mph in a Northbound direction on road B6264 which has
a 30mph speed limit, that will be £60 and three points please". The government have already given big hints about this being introduced.
A bit of tinfoil over the aerial should sort that one out!
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 8/7/04 at 04:12 PM |
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Description
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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spunky
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| posted on 8/7/04 at 05:48 PM |
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They already have speed monitering cameras in Nottingham that work out your speed between the cameras and average it out. Average more than speed
limit and the fine is in the post.
Was talk about a country wide network of these, and I noticed the same type of posts they use in nottingham are now along the A46 at Notts end and at
Newark end. Thats a 15 mile stretch between on a straight, fast A road.
John
The reckless man may not live as long......
But the cautious man does not live at all.....
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drmike54
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| posted on 8/7/04 at 06:12 PM |
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GPS
Hey if they can regulate the car speed with GPS. Then we can design a device to send a short range fake GPS signal that would allow us to turn the
knob and the speed up.
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JoelP
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| posted on 8/7/04 at 08:56 PM |
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i think that cars should have a black box equivalent, to record speed, cornering forces, braking and accelerating. This would be useful to catch
people out who mess up and crash, without penalising other more competent drivers. might encourage more responsible driving if a record is being kept
of what you are driving like...
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Noodle
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| posted on 8/7/04 at 09:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
i think that cars should have a black box equivalent, to record speed, cornering forces, braking and accelerating. This would be useful to catch
people out who mess up and crash, without penalising other more competent drivers. might encourage more responsible driving if a record is being kept
of what you are driving like...
I rambled on in a thread many moons ago about just such a system that's coming into force around 2010.
That thread's here ...
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=7523
Cheers,
Neil.
Your sort make me sick
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spunky
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| posted on 8/7/04 at 09:51 PM |
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The diagnostic system in Triumph bikes logs what the motor is doing when the fault occurs. RPM, which gear and what speed...
Always worried me that.
John
The reckless man may not live as long......
But the cautious man does not live at all.....
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JoelP
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| posted on 8/7/04 at 09:58 PM |
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ah, i remember that old china teapot... an excellent thread
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thekafer
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| posted on 8/7/04 at 10:18 PM |
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AAHHHRRRGGG!!!
It's always cloked in veil of "good intentions". When I have a chip placed in my forehead so that if I ever get Kidnapped they can
drive straight to the seen of the "body dump" I'll become an anarchist. Having anyone know my every move is not freedom (even if I
never do anything bad) it's oppression! Houston removed all of their stop light cameras not because accidents went up 37% but because people
sued the city costing them more than they were making from them. "but it will save lives..." yeah, so would making everyone walk to work
with a dog leash on!!!
Bomb the whales with S.U.V.'s!!
evil conservitave rant mode off...
Thanks, I feel better now, Fletch
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy...
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andyps
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| posted on 8/7/04 at 10:29 PM |
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Many new cars apparently already have a black box type device. I think the new Aston Martin DB9 is one of them, along with many American cars.
There was an article about it in Autocar magazine recently - the Focus RS they have had on long term loan from Ford has had a data logger fitted which
reports back to Ford every few seconds or something!
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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