Steve Walker wrote:
> Palindrome wrote:
>> (not quite so) Fat Sam wrote:
>>> Mrcheerful wrote:
>>>> What I would like is a GPS which would tell me the speed limit on
>>>> any given stretch of road in real time so that if I miss the
>>>> introductory 30mph signs, the screen would tell me I am in a 30
>>>> zone. Does such an instrument exist?
>>>
>>> Most GPS systems will do this.
>>> Mine alerts me to let me know when I'm approaching a speed camera,
>>> and tells me which speed I should be going at...That's on a cheap
>>> £70 satnav...The cheapest on the market...
>>> I've seen ones costing not much more than £100 that will tell you
>>> the speed limit of the road you're on in real-time...And others
>>> which also tell you wat speed you're doing for comparison....
>>>
>> I hadn't realised that they did that now. I asked about this several
>> years ago and, whilst in car GPS devices would show the speed limit on
>> approaching a fixed speed trap, they wouldn't tell you the speed limit
>> elsewhere.
>>
>> I'll get one tomorrow!
>
> Have a snoop round www.pocketgpsworld.com Sue, there's practically nothing
> they can't do now.
>
>
All I want is something that shows the legal limit for the road that I
am on. Any road that I am on.
The problem is the combination of a strange city, darkness and one of
those wide urban dual carriageways that could have almost any speed
limit - and often does, in different but largely apparently identical
sections. Add little or no traffic..then a bored traffic officer in an
unmarked car.
And, quite honestly, I would much rather devote my energies to trying to
spot road hazards. Not speed signs.
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Sue |