Speed Limit Indicator

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From Good to Know App:

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Agree with PMG’s comments. I decided not to add it as it failed too often when I tried it on a demonstrator.
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Pic in my Gen 1. It obscures other info as does the Adaptive Cruise

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pmg wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 2:55 pm It is not perfect, but I find it useful and would include in order again As it is camera-based, it can be fooled by the odd badly located sign on an exit road or by overgrown hedges etc
Totally agree. Had it on both of my Macans and it's been a license saver on several occasions, especially on unfamiliar roads. Well worth the money and should be a standard for item.
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Jon A wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 3:07 pm These limiters are set by the driver. I had this tech in my Jag and it was excellent but I could switch it off!
This is what the article is saying - the tech will be mandatory but the use of it is optional.
Unless your insurer voids your cover if you turn it off.
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Old Chimer wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 4:06 pm
Jon A wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 3:07 pm These limiters are set by the driver. I had this tech in my Jag and it was excellent but I could switch it off!
This is what the article is saying - the tech will be mandatory but the use of it is optional.
Unless your insurer voids your cover if you turn it off.
Guys it’s not remotely monitored, it acts in the same way as headlights or ACC - The driver controls it.
Far too much panicking going on I think… 😂
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Jon A wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 4:19 pm
Old Chimer wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 4:06 pm
Jon A wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 3:07 pm These limiters are set by the driver. I had this tech in my Jag and it was excellent but I could switch it off!
This is what the article is saying - the tech will be mandatory but the use of it is optional.
Unless your insurer voids your cover if you turn it off.
Guys it’s not remotely monitored, it acts in the same way as headlights or ACC - The driver controls it.
Far too much panicking going on I think… 😂
Regardless, I had it on my Jag (16 plate) and it was worse than useless. For example, it insisted that a residential road near where we then lived was a national speed limit, when it was in fact a 30 limit with speed ramps! Conversely, it suggested a national speed limit section of dual carriageway we regularly used was only a 40 limit.
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I didn't add it to my build as I use Waze. Though I've had to report incorrect speed limits in a few places, these have been addressed in a couple of places after reporting them, but others still are incorrect.
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Rarecolour wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 4:54 pm I didn't add it to my build as I use Waze. Though I've had to report incorrect speed limits in a few places, these have been addressed in a couple of places after reporting them, but others still are incorrect.
Both map based and camera-based systems have their own particular disadvantages
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Madelvic wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 3:31 pm Pic in my Gen 1. It obscures other info as does the Adaptive Cruise
Thanks, Madelvic that's a useful insight, not sure how it sits with the Good to Know page but presumably that shows an extreme and unlikely example. Demo may be required methinks....
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I found it useful on my last Macan, it’s one of the few things I don’t have on the current Macan and I will retro fit it after my 111 point warranty inspection.
It doesn’t just do speed signs, you get the occasional road sign, especially the ‘no overtaking’ sign. I found it particularly good on the M25 where it reads the overhead gantry variable speed limit signs, and it’s more or less instant once you pass the gantry. I doubt Google does that?
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