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This dashboard device tells you your average speed, updated every x minutes. You can determine how the duration of your rest stops or meals affects your average speed. For some reason, I always want this information on a long trip.
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You'd need a reset button, to indicate when the trip starts. |
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through London - 2 m.p.h., 4 m.p.h .,10 m.p.h .,
3 mp.h.,,stop ,2 m.p.h .,4 m.p.h., stop, 4 mp.h.,
3 m.p.h., 5 m.p.h.,stop start stop start stop start stop start stop start stop start stop start stop start stop stop stop.... |
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po: The device should be disabled in heavy traffic, as it would only fuel motorists' rage... |
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snarfyguy - I fell feul of that one |
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Baked. I had a Beemer, once (never again), that had an onboard computer which would display just about every piece of irrelevant information you could desire. |
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Spelling error noted & corrected, thanks [DB] |
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Baked without a Beemer; my old '88 Carlton (Opel Omega, Holden Commodore) also had an on-board computer which showed average speed, instantaneous fuel consumption, range, and a host of other stuff. At least, it would have done, had it been working. |
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What about a personal version? I usually budget 90 minutes of travel to & from work, on public transport, a distance of 26 km in two segments. It will have to exclude time spent waiting for the bus. |
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My car (VW Passat) does this, but it's useless. |
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My dad has a Passat too. The fuel consumption part interests me.
I'd like the personal version. It strikes me that you could easily bake it, though, with a notepad to mark the times (the time you got out of your front door, stopped at the bus stop, got on the bus and arrived at work) and a map to measure the distances (only need to do this once, if you take the same route to work each day) and a calculation of the speeds on each segment. Or you could just measure the distance to work and note how long it takes to get there. How about a halfbakery users' comparison of distance, time and total cost of commuting per day?
And add it in to the Job Morality Indicator - no point in working for Greenpeace if you don't use public transport! |
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