Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Speeding tickets

[Britt2Asa (Britt2Asa]

You guys sure have a lot of opinions about things you are not experiencing  
and will not affect you! :) Speed cameras you learn to live with. Get a 
good GPS  sat nav with cameras on it and pay attention and no problem. Cameras 
here are  everywhere. The worst are the average speed camera which track you 
over mile  after mile...good time to use cruise control. You can always use 
fake plates on  your car since they only post you the ticket!
 
I think these GPS things are a silly trial that won't last. Fitting them  
all to cars, especially old cars is inconceivable. Little tin foil over the  
antenna and no problem! Did the article happen to mention that all of  them 
can be turned off? Well they can....
 
As soon as the Labour Government gets voted out next year the issue will  
disappear....
 
I drive 1000 miles a week all over the UK. Up and down and there are camera 
 everywhere yet I can maintain a good 80 mph most of the time. The AVERAGE 
speed  of driving in London is 16 mph so it really won't matter about a 
speed control,  traffic is so heavy you can't go anywhere.
 
Ultimately like most things you learn and adjust and figure a way around  
it. I assume if the good citizens in AZ have a problem with their speed 
cameras  they will exercise the right to vote and elect somebody who will 
remove 
them. At  least in the US you vote for a person and not a party so you have 
more control  then we do with the looneys over here.
 
Britt
 
PS- Steve: Milan to Modena is an easy 2.5 hour drive. No problem. Take a  
spin to the West and head up to Mont Blanc if you have the time. That's a fun 
 drive and go through the tunnel to France. Modenas ok but once you have 
been  there a half dozen times it isn't so interesting! Take a drive upto one 
of the  lakes as well. Now that's beautiful! (Or take the train or bus from 
Milan). well  worth it.
 
Anybody ever read the books by Peter Moore about travelling around Italy on 
 a Vespa Scooter? (Vroom with a View) Well worth a read......
 
 

There is  an article in this week's Autoweek about the test Jim mentioned
being run  in London with GPS-based speed control. A dozen city Prius'
have been  fitted with a GPS receiver tied to the car's throttle. The GPS
signal  matches up to a speed limit database. The GPS then essentially
blocks the  throttle once the vehicle has reached the set speed limit for
that area.  Later they  plan to add a bus and a taxi to the test.

So far the  extent of user acceptance has been some complaints about
lines of traffic  queuing up behind the controlled vehicle. Duh.

They also mentioned that  when the GPS signals are blocked by tall
buildings or whatever, the limiter  just holds whatever the last seen
limit was until the signal recovers. I'm  sure that could be exploited in
consumer cars to block the  antenna...

-- charles



 
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