An interesting read..[kinda]

[NVRMR]

(2012-07-11 08:54)Chuck Wrote:  

(2012-07-11 06:25)NVRMR Wrote:  So your cruise control is set on one speed and it's only on as soon as you start the car?

When did I say that? I said that the car would need to know all active speed limits, including those who change during a day and, therefore, cannot be loaded into the car when its been manufactured.

If there is a 30 sign and your car falsely think the limit is 50, you could simply drive slower by yourself, but I don't want to be the fool with the car which, by mistake, only goes 30 in a 50 zone.

Just imagine it was you, having such a moron driving ahead of you

lol

If they have the technology to read a thousand numberplates driving by a camera at 60mph .. pretty sure they can put something in a car to detect and identify speed zone signs.

I'm not saying it's switched on all the time from the day you buy it, it would be something the car has that you can choose to activate to stop you from rolling too fast down a hill and copping a speeding fine that ends up costing you your license because of stupidly tight laws and incredibly large fines.

If the car comes with GPS it's already capable of doing it, just needs the rest of the system built/designed

I can imagine something like this + a traffic jam mode where you can sit the car behind a car and it speed matches at a crawl, then if the car in front slows down it also detects that and acts appropriately.

Technology like this already exists they just aren't using it widely in the average consumer market.