XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: not@home.com   
      
   On 22/09/2024 22:18, Aidan Kehoe wrote:   
   >   
   >   Ar an dara lá is fiche de mí Méan Fómhair, scríobh Sam Plusnet:   
   >   
   >   > On 22/09/2024 07:59, Aidan Kehoe wrote:   
   >   > > Ah, maybe I have. My 2019 Toyota Corolla has a system that reads the   
   >   > > speed-limit signs, displays the currently active speed limit, and   
   changes   
   >   > > the usual black-numbers-on-a-white-background display to   
   >   > > white-numbers-on-a-red-background if I exceed that speed. It very   
   >   > > occasionally gets things wrong but is usually reliable, even on those   
   >   > > parts of the island afflicted by speed limits in MPH. So my reading of   
   >   > > things is from my own relevant experience rather than a journalist   
   driving   
   >   > > clicks.   
   >   >   
   >   > This will be more of a problem for some, depending upon where you live.   
   >   >   
   >   > My car uses a combination of satnav map data which includes the set speed   
   >   > limit on each road, plus the output of the camera which (attempts to)   
   read   
   >   > speed limit signs.   
   >   >   
   >   > Since the default speed limit in Wales was reduced to 20mph, the speed   
   limit   
   >   > displayed by my car has been wrong more often than it is correct[1] -   
   and not   
   >   > just reading "30" when it ought to be "20".   
   >   
   > That is very tedious, and a very different situation to mine.   
   >   
   >   > At the moment that is a nuisance. If that same incorrect data is to be   
   used   
   >   > in the way described in this thread, it becomes far more than a nuisance.   
   >   
   > No rush to buy a new car, then.   
      
   No, but the car's maker publishes software updates a couple of times per   
   year.   
   Since my elderly car has all the attributes needed to operate the new   
   legally required changes, it seems quite likely that they may be   
   included in one of those updates - without fair warning (they don't give   
   much information about what is (or isn't) in an update.   
   >   
   >   > [1] In a 8 mile radius around my home, I am not exaggerating when I say   
   >   > "more often wrong that correct". - and yes the satnav's mapping data has   
   >   > been updated twice in the year since the limit was changed.   
   >   
      
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