Daring FireballNew Cars in the EU Now Equipped With Nagging Speed Limiters
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/07/09/intelligent-speed-nagging
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/07/09/intelligent-speed-nagging
Harold Leewis@daringfireball It is absolutely annoying, but it’s NOT a speed limiter, it’s a beep or a vibration in the pedal when you go over the speed limit. It does not brake for you or prevent you from going over the limit.
Geoffairey@hsl @daringfireball No, it throttles the engine instead
@Geoffairey @daringfireball Not true at all, preventing to accelerate beyond the speed limit is not a requirement. https://etsc.eu/intelligent-speed-assistance-isa/
@hsl It doesn’t prevent you from going beyond the speed limit, it encourages you to slow down when you go far too fast.
@Geoffairey “encourages" by playing a couple of beeps... that's all it is. The article where Gruber refers to contains false information, cars are not required to reduce engine power.
My new car just plays 3 beeps when you surpass the speed limit by 3km/h for longer than 2 seconds, and when you start the car there is a button in the screen to disable it.
@hsl Manufacturers can choose from 4 optionshow they Encourage compliance with the speed limit. I suspect that over time this will change as the idea becomes more and more accepted.