Comments on: 2008 Nissan GT-R speed-limiter GPS enabled

By: No Name

No Name — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:30:24 +0000

There’s rumours that Gordon Browns Kronies want to introduce satellite tracked cars which limit the speed according to the actual limit. Introduce this and the value of 2nd hand cars will rocket.

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:29:01 +0000

I rarely speed but that would still suck. It’s so easy to accidently go 10km/h over the limit before you realise and back off.

By: Masynee

Masynee — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:02:04 +0000

How long before a govt in the world decides to electronically limit speeds of vehicles depending on what speed zone they are in?

Probably only the loss of speeding fine revenue is preventing them. Then again, I’m sure the technology is not far away to issue speeding tickets via GPS tracking…

By: Cobra 302

Cobra 302 — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:32:03 +0000

Thats fuckin stupid, 180km/h!!! Come on no one will buy a $100,000+ car to just do 180Km/h on there faviorite piece of back road. Be all right if you could turn it off.

By: ImportJap

ImportJap — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:28:33 +0000

Bet you Japanese tuning houses have already figured out how to remove/turn off this, and soon everyone will know how to via a youtube post or Digg etc.

By: Watto_Cobra

Watto_Cobra — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:37:27 +0000

Don’t most GPS units only receive?

As far as I know, a normal GPS receives signals from 3 or more satellites to triangulate your position but don’t transmit info unless they are part of a car theft/alarm tracking system.

Unless the GTR does that, I wouldn’t worry about big brother.

By: Mitchell Oke

Mitchell Oke — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:36:22 +0000

I’d say it means that the onboard computer is equiped with a GPS receiver and the coordinates of the race tracks, and when the GPS reports your on a track the limit is removed. It wouldn’t be transmitting your location.

By: Bubba Ganush

Bubba Ganush — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:28:14 +0000

Im not to sure on this GPS thing if the satelite can track you it means someone else can. Kind of the thin end of the wedge for big brother state.

now bracing myself for conspiracy theory ridicule lol!

By: Duck

Duck — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:26:14 +0000

180km!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Should have been at least 250km!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:20:00 +0000

Yep that is smart!!