Car speeding alert device?

I did use the lifetime maps update to keep it up to date. My point is it was out of date for years.

I use Waze on my mobile phone. You can set audio alerts when you go over a speed limit. It?s free. It?s works well.

Tim

My last company car had cruise control but since retiring, my current car does not.

It isn't universal (or mandatory.)

If someone can miss seeing the very clear illuminated signs on a motorway, the sooner they lose (or surrender) their licence the better!

My previous SatNav was a Tom Tom and the (under/over) speed at which it gave a warning was user adjustable.

On my S-Max, it's a camera.

My S=Max reads the ones on overhead gantries that are kind of dor matrix

- pretty well.

It's worth checking if it can be added, many cars have most of the system in place as standard.

I have a Vauxhall Zafira. I suffer from osteo-arthritis and find that holding the angle for 70mph on a motorway is painful after a while (just that angle) and so I wanted cruise-control. Adding it cost me £45 and about half an hour - £20 for the interface and a link to the software to allow a laptop to talk to the car and £25 for a replacement indicator stalk with the cruise control buttons on the end.

It took 15 seconds to release the clip, pull out the indicator stalk and push in the replacement. The rest of the time was taken establishing communication and figuring out the software to switch on the cruise-control option in two places.

The software also proved useful when I fitted a tow-bar with a dedicated towing electrics module and could enable the towing stability and trailer light monitoring options.

SteveW

Is that bong an over-speed warning or just camera ahead warning?

I suspect the OP doesn't actually give a s*it about going over the speed limit - just getting caught.

Depends.

If it conforms to the regulations for an electrically assisted pedal cycle which is a motor not exceeding 250 Watts and power assistance cuts out at

I looked at the rules carefully about 20 years when I wanted something to get me to and from a pub that was a bit more than walking distance and wanted to drink a little more than would be wise for a motor vehicle but nowhere near being drunk. If I had decided to ride intoxicated enough to gather attention then all the police could have done is use the old 19th century in origin charge of being drunk in charge of a bicycle . That relies on the subjective opinion of a police officer rather than as measured by an intoximeter and they have no legal right to demand you take the roadside one as that only applies to motor vehicles and even if it had have been decided I was drunk it still would not have gained any penalty points or risked my driving licence.*

Many e bikes can exceed the regulations though it isn?t obvious especially ones that can switch between legal mode and high power for off road use. In the UK that isn?t legal so such a bike is technically a motor vehicle and using one that is unregistered, uninsured ,never type approves, no MOT . Get caught riding one like that then it will affect your driving licence if you have one. Many seem to think the small risk of getting caught is worth it though,I have a mate who regularly bombs along at about 30 mph . I never wanted to take the risk.

• I believe since then the courts have acquired little known powers to remove a driving licence for some other offences that do not actually involve driving ,its use against some illegal immigrants to attempt stop them working is one. Riding a bike while pissed is hardly likely to get to the higher levels of the legal system where that could take place.

GH

Actually I did.

I was in the fast lane and there were two walls of artics on my left and NO speed limit signs on the central reservation.

Fortunatly i guessed from other drivers behaviour..

I have the go mobile app.

I am not sure that it is.

Does it ever get confused by the speed limit signs on the backs of some lorries and coaches?

I used to do high mileage and avoided speeding fines by not speeding! The use of cruise control set to whatever the prevailing limit was helped greatly.

Mike

my problem was not especially exceeding limits so much as not knowing what they were!

In Cambridge, for example, there are limits at 50, 40, 30 and 20mph with very little to indicate which, if you miss the signs.

The satnav "knows". And tings.

I have never noticed that happen.

So update their data.

Its always baffled me why the speed limit is not shown on the same post as speed cameras. I often see speed signs and speed camera warning signs on the same post but have never noticed the speed being posted on the actual camera.

On occasions I have been guilty of heavy braking on spotting a camera simply because I'm not confident I'm driving within the prevailing limit.

Mike