Halfords Road Angel Advert (TV)

[Alice Cupra]

Does this advert on TV at the moment wind anyone else up, or is it just me?

They are advertising the new Road Angel and the voiceover goes along the lines of.....

"And at the touch of a button it lets you know what the maximum safe speed for the road is....."

NO IT DOESN'T !!! It tells you the maximum LEGAL speed for the road.

Safe is not necessarily legal, and legal is not always safe !!!

Methinks a complaint is due (If I can be bothered).

Rant over......

[shuvitupya]

Alice Cupra said:

"And at the touch of a button it lets you know what the maximum safe speed for the road is....."

NO IT DOESN'T !!! It tells you the maximum LEGAL speed for the road.

Safe is not necessarily legal, and legal is not always safe !!!

Methinks a complaint is due (If I can be bothered).

What's the problem ?

The Government tell us that speeding kills.
Therefore you can drive like a complete tt and you will never be caught by a camera as long as not speeding, so therefore the complete tt driver must be safe, the advertisement is therefore correct !

[monkeyhanger]

What really makes me laugh about that ad is that the "Professional Installer" has actually set the RA up directly in the driver's line of sight

[MGBGT]

shuvitupya said:

Alice Cupra said:

"And at the touch of a button it lets you know what the maximum safe speed for the road is....."

NO IT DOESN'T !!! It tells you the maximum LEGAL speed for the road.

Safe is not necessarily legal, and legal is not always safe !!!

Methinks a complaint is due (If I can be bothered).

What's the problem ?

The Government tell us that speeding kills.
Therefore you can drive like a complete tt and you will never be caught by a camera as long as not speeding, so therefore the complete tt driver must be safe, the advertisement is therefore correct !

And, as it's only complete tts that regard Halfwit's as a good motoring store, the case is rested!

[iaint]

Alice Cupra said:

Does this advert on TV at the moment wind anyone else up, or is it just me?

They are advertising the new Road Angel and the voiceover goes along the lines of.....

"And at the touch of a button it lets you know what the maximum safe speed for the road is....."

NO IT DOESN'T !!! It tells you the maximum LEGAL speed for the road.

Safe is not necessarily legal, and legal is not always safe !!!

Methinks a complaint is due (If I can be bothered).

Rant over......

I was going to rant about this too. It's, I guess, simply misinformed rather than deliberately misleading but annoying anyway.

[Stubby Pete]

Don't they also say something along the lines of "at the touch of a button the screen identifies camera placement known as accident blackspots" or similar. Isn't this due to be outlawed soon?

[iaint]

Stubby Pete said:

Don't they also say something along the lines of "at the touch of a button the screen identifies camera placement known as accident blackspots" or similar. Isn't this due to be outlawed soon?

Nope - this is POI (point of interest) based warning not real-time detection of scameas (mobile or otherwise). It's the detection that they're trying to outlaw.

[Alice Cupra]

MGBGT said:

And, as it's only complete tts that regard Halfwit's as a good motoring store, the case is rested!

[allaway]

Origin b2 solo is a better product anyway.

[Zod]

allaway said:

Origin b2 solo is a better product anyway.

how exactly is it better? They are much of a muchness.

[shuvitupya]

Zod said:

allaway said:

Origin b2 solo is a better product anyway.

how exactly is it better? They are much of a muchness.

I think he just means the display is smaller, but takes about 4 hours to install