In ,
Phil W Lee phil(at)lee-family(dot)me(dot)uk tweaked the Babbage-Engine to
tell us:

I'd prefer to see a system where instead of completely preventing
breaches of the speed limit, a "notch" or moveable detent was put in
the accelerator, which could be overridden (by stamping hard) but not
ignored.
Citroen have such a system on the C5, although it is user
programmable, rather than being driven by location.

Sort of like cruise control in reverse.
Cruise control normally works to keep the speed UP to the level
programmed, but can be overridden, whereas this works to keep the
speed DOWN to the level programmed unless deliberately overridden.
A flashing beacon when in "override" would complete the design nicely


From some reproduction of a Renault press release:

"One particular Renault innovation is the cruise control/speed limiter which
comes with a new interface. When this function is activated, the speed
selected by the driver is displayed at the top of the speedometer which
itself is ringed by a sequence of lights that take the form of an arc around
the central display. In speed limiter mode, the red segment lights up as the
speed increases, while the selected speed flashes if exceeded. The use of
colours is not only intuitive and functional; it also represents a gain in
terms of response time."

It's a fail. Any fule kno that looking at the speedometer, even for a
fraction of a second, causes an immediate fatal accident...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03...terror_ordeal/

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