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I really hope this doesn't apply to freeways
The bill sets the limit at 10 mp/h (16 km/h) over the limit before warning drivers. If they're doing this, I'd rather it was something like 2 km/h + 15% over the limit, but that part is pretty reasonable. There's no reason why anyone needs to be doing more than 16 km/h over the speed limit outside of emergencies.
16 km/h over the limit in a school zone is way too fast, though, but using my suggestion above as an arbitrary alternative, going up to 30 + 3 + 4.5 = 37.5 km/h in a 30-limit school zone wouldn't beep at you. That seems reasonable. Fatality numbers are a lot higher at even 40, so letting drivers get to 46 without an additional warning is almost useless.
I really hope it does
Exactly - stick to the speed limit and the car won't beep. Some cars have this as an option already (my 2019 Kia Niro hybrid has) and I set the limit, it's a bit of a faff and I don't often use it as I stick to speed limits anyway. It wouldn't be a great leap to connect this to the car's GPS/Mapping system.
Of course you'll have those that think speed limits are for other people/petrol heads complaining about their 'rights' and all that guff.
Yeah like… how fast do you have to drive before the beeps? I always heard 5-10 over is standard
Article says 10mph over the limit
Atlantians will be devastated.
How does it determine the limit?
Also literally all this would do is startle everyone especially people who drive new cars and make residential areas louder.
Most have GPS position and reference a database or they use cameras to see speed signs, sometimes both with one having priority over the other.
It isn't always accurate.
Honestly what I'm more concerned about is work zone speeds that often don't get updated on the GPS. Anyone relying on the beep to set speed (which is stupid but likely) will blast through it.
Work zones luckily have all those pretty orange signs and cones to ensure someone knows it is a work zone, don't need a nuisance beep to know that. As if a beep could stop someone from being a reckless jackass in a work zone.
Lmao, it won't honk the horn
Ohhhhhh I'm dumb
It's ok, I'm dumb too.