Device stops speeders from inside car

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Zenmervolt

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Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
This is a good idea. I got a speeding ticket a couple weeks ago because I didn't know the speed limit had dropped.
A better idea would be to have drivers who actually pay attention to driving. If you can't be bothered to watch the road well enough to know when the speed limit changes, you shouldn't be driving in the first place.

ZV
I was watching the road, not street signs. Have you never missed an exit or something because you were paying attention to driving instead of reading signs?
Nope.

Being able to read signs in peripheral vision is a requirement of driving. It shouldn't take more than a couple tenths of a second to read an exit marker, less to read a speed limit sign. Driving well means maintaining a high level of what pilots call "Situational Awareness". If you're only watching the road and nothing else, your SA has fallen to dangerously low levels.

Now, if the weather is so bad that you can't see the signs, that's a different story. Although if you're speeding in weather like that you still shouldn't be driving.

ZV