Intelligent Speed Adaptation...coming to a car near you...

[jont]

I'm tempted to write to the ASA and complain about the name. Blind compliance with a number on a stick is anything but "intelligent"

[TheInsanity1234]

All this is going to do is just give people another excuse they can use to get out of speeding fines, and fail.

"Oh sorry officer, I didn't realise I was speeding, my car is supposed to read signs and make sure I'm not speeding"

"Well, as the driver, you're supposed to make sure you're not speeding"

"oh"

[jont]

All this is going to do is just give people another excuse they can use to get out of speeding fines, and fail.

"Oh sorry officer, I didn't realise I was speeding, my car is supposed to read signs and make sure I'm not speeding"

"Well, as the driver, you're supposed to make sure you're not speeding"

"oh"

The quote from Ford in a BBC article recently said something along the lines of "it /will/ help people avoid speeding fines, and it /may/ improve road safety" Clearly they know what's most important to their customers.

[TheInsanity1234]

All this is going to do is just give people another excuse they can use to get out of speeding fines, and fail.

"Oh sorry officer, I didn't realise I was speeding, my car is supposed to read signs and make sure I'm not speeding"

"Well, as the driver, you're supposed to make sure you're not speeding"

"oh"

The quote from Ford in a BBC article recently said something along the lines of "it /will/ help people avoid speeding fines, and it /may/ improve road safety" Clearly they know what's most important to their customers.

I can see how it might help improve road safety, as it will help people look at the speedometer less, and look at the road more.

But still, it could also encourage people to pay less attention to the roads as they don't have to worry about speeding either.

[sussex2]

I stand to be corrected but believe that the majority of signs in the UK cannot be 'read' by these systems; whereas on the mainland most can.
If that is the case it will be next to useless until the present situation changes.

[jont]

I stand to be corrected but believe that the majority of signs in the UK cannot be 'read' by these systems; whereas on the mainland most can.
If that is the case it will be next to useless until the present situation changes.

I'm looking at all the opportunities to "hack" these so called intelligent systems with roadside signs. For example can you cause a denial of service by making the car think there's a pedestrian about to run into the road?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2 ... SjrgZTF8n1

[akirk]

it will be a dream come true for local speed campaigners...

traffic too fast in your village - just paint a 10mph sign, prop it in your garden and watch all the traffic slow down

Alasdair

[TripleS]

It's gone very quiet around here. Are you all busy gardening?

[akirk]

Nope, just trundling around very slowly as the ISA is only reading the first digit of the speed limit signs

be thankful it is not reading only the second digit - you would be stuck an awfully long time
Alasdair