Comments on: BMW Speed Limit information technology headed for Australia

By: ehsan

ehsan — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:53:43 +0000

very good

By: Save it for the track

Save it for the track — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:43:32 +0000

Looking at the speed-limit signs and knowing what time of day it is are all part of what a DRIVER are supposed to do, THEMSELVES.

By: biker

biker — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:17:39 +0000

Besides the most confusing speed limits I witnessed here in Sydney, more than in any other country, does this fancy pants software also read the 40-sign and tell you that it is OK to do 70/60/50 outside school hours (pending which road you on)?

By: Al Juraj

Al Juraj — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:23:01 +0000

This system works against revenue raising cameras so I wouldn’t wonder if it’s disallowed in Victoria. But at a once-off $700 fee, you can kiss speeding tickets goodbye.

By: Save it for the track

Save it for the track — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:07:16 +0000

Hey more dumbing down for the driver’s. Whatever happened to simply watching the road and surroundings? What about the cruise control and other devices already available to help people stay below the speed-limit.
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Despite protestations and bleating to the contrary there’s a couple of simple ways to stay under the sped-limit.
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1. the ‘default’ urban speed-limit or ‘speed-limit in a built up area’ is 50km/h and has been for quite a few years now. Don’t see a sign, and not sure what the limit is? do 50 or less. Near a school and not sure if it’s holidays or not? Do less than 40. Too thick and absent minded or distratced not to realise what sort of area you are in. Park the car start walking, and hand your licence in. I’m sick and tired of hearing pathetic excuses from the driving public and ‘apologist’ journalists, when it comes to speeding. While I do not agree with Victorian standards of 3km/h enforcement, when people moan about getting booked for 20km/h or more, there really are no excuses. Speeds like that are not a small mark on the speedometer, and 70 feels and looks a lot different to 50. What sort of a driver needs a camera in their vehicle to see a speed-limit sign???
Answer: A driver that talks on their mobile whilst driving, a driver that is too busy having a deep & meaningful with a passenger or two, a driver that is busy fiddling with their ipod or car stereo or any of the other modern distractions that are in today’s mobile loungechairs that are called ‘motor vehicles’.
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Driver’s need to take more responsibility for their own actions, not blame the road, the signs or anything else for their own poor actions, or ineptitude.
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Escuses like ‘the GPS told me to’ already do not stack up, anyone doing the wrong thing in one of these dumbed-down motor vehicles would also have no excuses. A system like this will only see driver’s ‘switch off’ more than they already are.

By: JEKYL & HYDE

JEKYL & HYDE — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:03:55 +0000

not to mention the unmarked ford territory’s…

By: HJP

HJP — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:59:58 +0000

Unfortunately it was not approved by censorship chairperson (wife), because I don’t have good relationship with her LOL

By: The Salesman

The Salesman — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:27:18 +0000

Then you get to watch the world go by at the blistering pace of .06

By: The Salesman

The Salesman — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:26:01 +0000

If you want to up spec your B.M.W you can fit twin mother in laws (Air Bags)

By: svd

svd — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:06:00 +0000

Wouldn’t work in NSW unless it can identify the:
Trees that the sign is behind
Power poles in front of them
High trucks parked in front of them