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I like this idea, but would be happy with a sliding post on the face of my speedometer which kept track of the localized speed limit. This would get rid of the problem of posted limits being obscured by foliage, passing vehicles, poor placement, or other obstructions. And it would be readily verifiable by both the driver and highway patrol officers at the time a ticket was being issued. |
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If you are on cruise control it should take down the speed automatically. |
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Why not install transmitters on each speed limit sign that broadcast the speed limit posted at that point? |
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Using GPS, you'd have to have a speed data file that maps your current location to a speed limit. And a new file would have to be transmitted everytime a speed limit was changed somewhere. |
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With individual transmitters, the road maintainance crews could adjust the setting any time they replace the signs (they gotta go out there anyway). |
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[b00ber] I think the cost of installing a transmitter on every speed limit sign will outstrip the cost of having a central updatable database by a huge magnitude. |
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Here in Australia they're trialing a new speed detection system for freeways, where your numberplate is recorded at one point, and 20km down the road it's recorded again. If you got there too quickly, you're nicked. |
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Thats been done already [www.blackspot.com.au] only has Australia and New Zealand on that particular site, but i know england has them and I'd bet my life that the U.S does too.
Doesn't just show speed limits, but as the URL suggests it alerts you to black spots, also school zones, rail crossings, and where red light and fixed speed cameras are. You can also add your own points for those spots you have seen police before.
For long distance drives in areas you don't know its worth every cent |
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I have used my Benefon Esc GPS phone to tell me my true speed limit when I am in doubt. My speedometers on both cars are quite off. |
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Frosty GPS can be off to have seen some very silly speeds measured using gps that could not have been achived |
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The map databases in Europe now start contain this kind of data. So speed limit info will be on European navigation systems soon. US may follow later? |
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Hey bakeyees. Inspired, a couple of us built this thing using a PIC. [gpscruise.com] So far it beeps if you speed and hooks to normal cruise control. We need your help in building a list of all speed limit signs. Be immortalized by owning/adding your own speed limit sign! |
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Carterson2
Curious about what you built! TomTom just released TomTomONE which warns driver if vehicle exceeds speed limit. We are actually also developing an upgraded version to this - should we chat? |
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I like the idea of linking it to cruise control. I never really liked the idea of cruise control until I went to the states recently and found that the freeways there are much safer than ours because everyone is on cruise control and travelling at similar speeds. Much safer than UK motorways which involve constant overtaking and lane swapping. I won't even talk about the autobahn - that's just insane. |
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Firstly, what happens when two roads with different speed limits cross with a bridge? You'd have to make sure the folks on the fast road didn't end up suddenly braking - or those on the slow road suddenly accelerating. Easily solved, but needs taking into account. (This could also occur with two parallel roads with different speed limits, if the GPS wasn't precise enough.) |
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Secondly, the cruise control needs to be aware of upcoming speed limits and slow you down as you approach them, rather than braking sharply as you enter them. |
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The GPS nav systems must already deal with your first problem, [Cosh]. The second is a good point but again fairly easily solved. |
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//I see no reason for people driving having to look out the window //
Well, of course not, god forbid that drivers should have to look out of their cars when they've got a GPS, an MP3 player and a mobile phone to monitor. |
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Hey world. Here it is:
After market cruise control you can use off-highway. Comments welcomed: gpscruise.com |
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BTW, halfbake, you need to add email opt-in notification when people post here.... ;-) |
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I am also interested in obtaining a data base with speed limits throughout the nation. My company recently built a speed limiting device, but the next step will be to attach a GPS to it and download real-time speed limit data to it to make it a dynamic, automatically controlled speed limiting device. If anyone knows how to get access to speed limit data (in the US) please let me know. |
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I'm assuming that there are some user friendly built in overrides, if you want to sell any of these things. |
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This is already (almost) baked. I have a Garmin GPS system that has the speed limits on highways and major roads. I honestly don't see the need for it to know the speed limit on smaller roads, generally they are all 30 mph anyway. |
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To address a comment, if the speed limit changes, even for a few miles, the GPS "knows" and shows the correct speed limit. It's actually kind of fun to watch as you pass the new speed limit sign because it usually changes within a few seconds. |
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I don't like the idea of the speedometer changing color or the car automatically dropping you down to below the limit if you're on cruise control. The former is just an annoyance and the latter is downright dangerous. I prefer to be in complete control of my car when I'm driving. The only thing I let my car to do by itself is turn on the lights with the little sensor it has. |
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