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Originally posted by werzjon229:
The technology works by using a speed sign-recognition cameras and GPS-linked speed limit data....

Yeah, Total junk. State Route 20 never fails to be read as a 20 MPH sign with mine. Can't imagine the pile up if the truck downshifted/braked/decelerated to 20 MPH on the freeway. Highway 15 does the same, but not all the time. That and the camera doesn't differentiate the part that says 'School Zone. Speed limit XX when flashing' when the lights aren't on.

I have no problem with land vehicles having speed limited... to 186,000 mi/s

At some point this will be my next car

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Originally posted by Mustang-PaPa:
Yeah I though just about everything was all ready coverned.
My 2007 ford ranger shuts down at 90-95mph.
As was my 1993 Mazda 2600i but it shut down at 110mph.

Trucks have always been governed to control rpm and top end speed.

My 96 Ranger has a top end of about 80. And I think that little 2.3 is doing 6k rpm to do that.

It’ll be awesome when every car is governed like every truck. Wait till you have a Camry next to a Town & Country for 3 miles trying to pass.

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Originally posted by 1s1k:
Yeah but by then imagine the liability of changing it and then getting in a wreck.

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Originally posted by gearhounds:
Any modern car has a computer ECM (engine control mudule). It will take no time at all to override or alter any factory settings with a plug in tuner or laptop program. If they make it hack-proof, tuning shops may have to add a few minutes of time to the re-program.

People do it already and the blood isn’t filling the gutters. I have a Superchips tuner for my 02 Grand Cherokee (mainly for shift points, shift firmness, and the tow setting when I need it) that removes my top end limit. I have never gone anywhere near winding it all the way out.

I’m not advocating disabling settings so people can speed through school zones, merely pointing out that there is a way to easily get around limiters.

My 2010 Infiniti has a limiter that limits the top speed to 168mph.

Haven't test it yet.....

 
My wife's duty Chevy Blazer (the little one, not the K5) topped out at 95mph (late 1990's early 2000's time frame). Don't know if it was governed, or this was just the limit of the engine's ability. She used to do K9 training with the Mass. State Police K9 units. Apparently MSP likes to haul ass when traveling to remote training sites, so they had to designate one trooper to "Alice duty", IOW to hang back and lead her into the training venue.

Coming soon to the People's Republik of NY:

NY legislators want to mandate devices to slow cars repeatedly caught by speed cameras

Published: Aug. 02, 2023, 10:00 a.m.

epeat speeders could be stuck in low gear under a plan to electronically limit their cars’ speeds put forward by Brooklyn lawmakers.

Drivers with multiple speed-camera violations would be ordered to install aftermarket speed limiters on their cars under a bill proposed Tuesday by two legislators.

“There is a persistent cohort of drivers who are getting five, six, seven, ten, 15, 20 speeding tickets — and driving on our streets recklessly without any consequences whatsoever,” said Sen. Andrew Gounardes (D-Brooklyn), who announced his sponsorship of the bill in the Senate...

Complete article:

https://www.syracuse.com/polit...y-speed-cameras.html

My company 1/2 ton truck has a 75 mph governor and it’s a pain in the ass. I cruise along in the governor and half the people I pass speed up and pace along side for a bit so short distance. I feel bad for the people stuck behind me since I can’t speed up a little and move back over.

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Originally posted by StorminNormin:
If I recall correctly, Hayabusas were limited either at 186mph or 194mph.

186.
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Originally posted by Haveme1or2:
My 2005 Ford truck cuts of at 100 ...
I guess it's a weird one. I don't know if anyone else's that does.

On a long, straight two-lane country road, I pulled out in my 2008 (?) Tahoe to pass an eighteen wheeler.
Turned out it was three closely-spaced eighteen wheelers, and the oncoming car in the other lane was approaching much faster than I estimated.

I floored it and was startled/shocked when my Tahoe hit that 100 mph limiter before I'd completed my pass.

Barely got back in front of the third truck in time. Felt a bit quite nauseated for a few minutes.

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Originally posted by RichardC:

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Originally posted by StorminNormin:
If I recall correctly, Hayabusas were limited either at 186mph or 194mph.

186.
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Originally posted by Haveme1or2:
My 2005 Ford truck cuts of at 100 ...
I guess it's a weird one. I don't know if anyone else's that does.

On a long, straight two-lane country road, I pulled out in my 2008 (?) Tahoe to pass an eighteen wheeler.
Turned out it was three closely-spaced eighteen wheelers, and the oncoming car in the other lane was approaching much faster than I estimated.

I floored it and was startled/shocked when my Tahoe hit that 100 mph limiter before I'd completed my pass.

Barely got back in front of the third truck in time. Felt a bit quite nauseated for a few minutes.

IIRC, it's the speed rating of tires that largely dictates terminal speed. ofc a governor can take it lower.

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Originally posted by tacfoley:
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As far as most folks living outside Germany are concerned, it won't matter a hoot.
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I dunno, tac, I've driven in Italy and France, and they aren't shrinking violets. Hell, even the UK was pretty cavalier about speed limits 30 years ago.

When I was a kid growing up in the mid 80’s I remember that car speedos maxed out at 85 mph

Do any of you remember that?

VDubs and Mavericks?

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Originally posted by PASig:
When I was a kid growing up in the mid 80’s I remember that car speedos maxed out at 85 mph

Do any of you remember that?

I do, and most cars would keep on accelerating with that needle pegged

Europe has been an un-livable, incompatible place for Americans to consider living in for a very long time.

This changes fuckall.

Now if you wanna bring that bullshit here, see what happens. Electric cars are waning in popularity areound here, mostly because of crazy fires and the incompetent beaurocrats clumsily attempting to claw back gas money, with taxes and poorly considered charging regulations. It's fucking laughable.

They are building a Buc ee's north of Denver, there's excitement about it too. What's that tell you?

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Originally posted by WaterburyBob:
The Autobahn just won't be the same if that ends up being enacted.

Might end up with Germany leaving the EU.

flashguy

Wife bought a Porsche a google number of years ago and in the owners manual is explained that the engine had a 'electronic governor' on it that would cause it to cut out if you exceeded 7200 rpm... and also that the car could not or should not exceed 158mph.

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Originally posted by Blume9mm:
Wife bought a Porsche a google number of years ago and in the owners manual is explained that the engine had a 'electronic governor' on it that would cause it to cut out if you exceeded 7200 rpm... and also that the car could not or should not exceed 158mph.

In the case of the RPM limiter it was more likely a device to prevent the engine from becoming a parts distributor.