OT: Speed limiters on cars

That seems a very poor design, surely it could start decelerating early enough and at a rate similar to an IC engined car, so as to fit in with the rest of the traffic?

The trick is to not drive after 9.00am when us geriatrics venture forth:-)

I had a geriatric passenger yesterday:-)

He was delighted when I passed my car parking pay and display ticket to the bloke that took my parking spot as I left as there was 2 hours left on it. No number plate details had to be entered on the machine.

You and your passenger sound like complete anarchists.

Bill

I use mine to control my speed down a particularly steep and winding local hill, setting the best speed for each part of the hill and I have seen my brake lights reflected in road signs facing the other way as they come on to control the descent.

I also do the same as Adam when I can!

Quite! Most paid car parking down here requires licence number together with dire threats about non-transferability.

I wonder if this has ever been challenged in court as the charge could be construed as *rent* for that space and the unused sum re-fundable.

They are not alone. One trick worth remembering if you have no ticket on display and you find a parking summons on your screen is to ask someone returning to their car if they have any unused minutes..

Bloody car threw a strop just before I came of the motorway after giving away the free parking. No good deed etc

Loss of power and the engine management light came on. I quickly switched the engine off and and back on and did a rolling start in 5th gear.

That cleared the fault and got me home and saved me from trying to get to the hard shoulder.

This morning the battery says 12.07V. Fire the car up and the voltage drops to 11.47V and the charging light comes on and revs increase to

Not like yesterday when it was "hunting " and revving up and down around the 750RPM mark when idling.

New battery time IMHO.

Oddly enough the vans warning light came on not long ago and it needed a new battery. Yet it started the van on cold frosty mornings without any problems for a week before I took it in for a new battery.

Hmm.. our diesel Fiesta can do that. No dashboard indication that it is doing a filter clean and you don't notice the lack of acceleration in motorway traffic. Remains in that mode until the engine has been re-started.

New alternator if the voltage drops when the engine is running. Fan belt OK?

Bill

In message <JNVpz6AOt$ snipped-for-privacy@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk>, at 12:34:38 on Sun, 17 Apr 2022, Tim Lamb snipped-for-privacy@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk> remarked:

Nonsense! The charge is per visit per car.

Obviously a newer and better-featured car than mine!

I expect it's one of those eco putting power into the battery on the overrun etc. That will effect terminal voltage.

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Ok. So why is there a time duration specified and why are you required to park in a designated slot?

It's a contract. If you don't like the terms, don't enter into it. You've no automatic right to a refund or to pass the unused time on to someone else than you'd have with e.g. a hotel room you leave at 07:00 when check-out time is 10:00.

Would you be forbidden to do that?

What if a friend or colleague visited you in your hotel for breakfast, and after breakfast you both went up to your room , you gathered your belongings and left, leaving the friend, who had a train to catch at mid-day, to relax for an hour or two and asking them to drop the key off at reception on their way out?

Is that forbidden? How would anyone stop you from doing it? In proper hotels, there is not a "No Visitors" policy. There isn't even a rule forbidding you from going out and leaving a visitor temporarily in charge.

Ok. That makes sense.

On a related parking matter, I, along with many other lazy drivers, use some slots on private land while the catering dept. fetch the Indian etc. take away. The site is festooned with threatening notices. Am I committing an actionable offence providing I move if asked or if a legitimate user turns up? As a landowner, my simple understanding of trespass is that you have to cause damage to be successfully sued.

In message snipped-for-privacy@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk>, at 16:44:48 on Sun, 17 Apr 2022, Tim Lamb snipped-for-privacy@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk> remarked:

Because the visitor decides how long his visit will be. Forcing everyone to pay for a minimum of 24hrs would soon cause complaints

I very rarely park somewhere it specifies which slot. Any empty one (modulo blue badge) is OK.