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mono442 5 hours ago

Modern cars are horrible. I recently discovered that all new cars sold in the EU constantly beep at you for supposedly speeding, even though the system doesn’t work well, and it has to be turned off every time you start the car.

ricardobeat 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They beep when you go above the speed limit, and only for a couple seconds. If they do that 'constantly' the problem is in the driver's seat...

It takes two seconds to turn off in my car (though by law it has to reset on every drive), but I never bother. In situations where it's "ok" to drive a little over the limit, it's a small price to pay and a gentle reminder.

aniviacat an hour ago | parent [-]

The car probably doesn't have perfect knowledge of speed limits across Europe.

phpnode 12 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

The car reads the speed limit signs too, they don't just rely on GPS.

Affric 33 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Why wouldn’t they?

Dataset is readily available for most places. Pull local on entry to jurisdiction on every drive…

arcanemachiner 9 minutes ago | parent [-]

Have you ever actually worked with geodata in depth? It's a wall-to-wall nightmare.

retired 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It’s horrible since it gets the speed wrong 25% of the time and 25% of the time it beeps because you are doing 33 in a 30kmh zone because you are just going along with traffic.

When you get in a car, you have to spend 20 seconds disabling all those systems. Lane keep assist is downright dangerous as it keeps you in your lane if you do an emergency avoidance manoeuvre.

I don’t hate safety system like emergency brake assist or ABS but I don’t need a nanny keeping me in my lane. I also don’t need a coffee symbol for taking a break.

trinix912 2 hours ago | parent [-]

My Honda Civic gets the speed wrong almost 100% of the time in Slovenia where intersections automatically cancel out non-zoned speed limit signs (so no crossed out signs that the car could read). Luckily it doesn’t beep or nag about it.

(Which makes me wonder, is there a flag set to make it not beep on cars sold here? Cuz otherwise people would be returning them en masse)

doublerabbit 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Lane assistance on hire cars piss me off. If I need to swerve I shouldn't need to be pulling against the wheel -.-

brewdad 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Isn't eye tracking required there too now? If you look away, or even not in the direction the car expects, for more than a couple of seconds >> more beeps.

mono442 4 hours ago | parent [-]

The car I drove from 2025 didn't have it.