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Ford Focus "Intelligent Speed Assistance" (Not)
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Grumpy_chap said:user1977 said:In what (UK) situations would the limit change without there being any signage? Might be different in other countries which is why it acts like that.0
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Goldwing1 - it's basically a gimmick and it isn't intended to be relied on. It's not going to be infallible and if you want to minimise the liklihood of being caught speeding, you need to pay attention to what you see through your eyes, not what your car does or tells you.
If this is an optional extra you should ask for a refund of whatever the option costs. Even then you may not be successful because - as others have said - it's not clear that it was ever intended to work in the way that you think it should. Was its function fully explained to you or did you "assume" it worked how you thought.
Incidentally, the dealer isn't piggy in the middle. If they sold it to you it's the dealer you have rights against, not Ford.1 -
Manxman - no, there's nothing else to tell you it's 30. Thousands of residential streets don't have signs. Mine doesn't.
There have to be signs if it's not 30 (e.g. 20 or 40)1 -
user1977 said:Manxman_in_exile said:user1977 said:bazzyb said:
If you turn onto a new road then of course it won’t display the limit until it has passed a sign showing what the limit it.0 -
Manxman_in_exile said:If this is an optional extra you should ask for a refund of whatever the option costs.1
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Manxman_in_exile said:user1977 said:bazzyb said:
If you turn onto a new road then of course it won’t display the limit until it has passed a sign showing what the limit it.
Edit: How would any "recognition" system recognise a restricted road without any limit signs? Does it recognise the streetlights?
Without signs to read I don't know what the camera can do about it.
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user1977 said:bazzyb said:
If you turn onto a new road then of course it won’t display the limit until it has passed a sign showing what the limit it.0 -
Manxman_in_exile said:user1977 said:Manxman_in_exile said:user1977 said:bazzyb said:
If you turn onto a new road then of course it won’t display the limit until it has passed a sign showing what the limit it.
https://goo.gl/maps/z9sfB4ButQrEEfSJ7 - crossroads with a 40 road going N-S, 30 signs if you turn east or west
https://goo.gl/maps/Z3WA5HoN1Ce7Gysm6 - smaller side road nearby with a 30 sign (historical image as most of these roads are now 20 zones just to complicate things further!)
https://goo.gl/maps/UcuqcZyZxbw7evtk7 - another just to check it isn't an Edinburgh thing
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Grumpy_chap said:Manxman_in_exile said:If this is an optional extra you should ask for a refund of whatever the option costs.0
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Alderbank said:user1977 said:In what (UK) situations would the limit change without there being any signage? Might be different in other countries which is why it acts like that.
- Dual carriageway, no streetlights, 70mph unless otherwise signposted.
- Single carriageway road, no streetlights, not urban therefore 60mph unless otherwise signposted
- Single carriageway, one-way, rural, but with street lighting spaced frequently usually means it’s 30mph
- Urban area, streetlights close together, 30mph unless otherwise signposted (e.g. it could also be a 20mph or 40mph)
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means - Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride0
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