In car speed 'observations'
Discussion
I've had to go up to Telford for the day, in a (wait for it...) Citroen C5 hire car (oh joy!).
On the way back, on the M6, I noticed something strange. I had the radio off, and as I was going along, I noticed a little beep from the dash, and the radio/clock display scroll a message across:
"Speed too high"
It was persisting down, the motorway wasn't moving very quickly, and visibility was particularly poor - I was going about 45-50, leaving loads of space between me and the car in front, with dipped beam on. This was after the last set of roadworks, in an NSL, round about J3 I think.
I've never come across this before, so wondered how the hell it worked, and is it just a Citroen thing. The radio was off as the conditions were bad, but to have this thing scrolling away on the dashboard is a distraction, and seems dangerous to me.
Anyone heard of this, know what it's about, or care to comment?
Incidentally, as I was on the way up, there was a large sign in the middle of the large set of roadworks(where the SPECS are):
"9082 detections to date"
I'm not sure how long these road works have been there, but if each and every detection was a normal £60 (and you can bet they all weren't) that would 'earn' the local authority/constabulary the princely sum of £544,920. Wonder where thats going!
Tony (stressed out because of idiots with fog lights on leaving all of about 8 feet behind me all the way home!! AARRGGHH!)
On the way back, on the M6, I noticed something strange. I had the radio off, and as I was going along, I noticed a little beep from the dash, and the radio/clock display scroll a message across:
"Speed too high"
It was persisting down, the motorway wasn't moving very quickly, and visibility was particularly poor - I was going about 45-50, leaving loads of space between me and the car in front, with dipped beam on. This was after the last set of roadworks, in an NSL, round about J3 I think.
I've never come across this before, so wondered how the hell it worked, and is it just a Citroen thing. The radio was off as the conditions were bad, but to have this thing scrolling away on the dashboard is a distraction, and seems dangerous to me.
Anyone heard of this, know what it's about, or care to comment?
Incidentally, as I was on the way up, there was a large sign in the middle of the large set of roadworks(where the SPECS are):
"9082 detections to date"
I'm not sure how long these road works have been there, but if each and every detection was a normal £60 (and you can bet they all weren't) that would 'earn' the local authority/constabulary the princely sum of £544,920. Wonder where thats going!
Tony (stressed out because of idiots with fog lights on leaving all of about 8 feet behind me all the way home!! AARRGGHH!)
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