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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2525   
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My adaptive speed limiter normally sits in the passenger seat.
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16th Sep 2020 10:40am |
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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3720
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Not a LR but my wife's car the Adapted cruise it odd in some ways...
It 'recognises' road signs but if you go from a 50mph to 30mph zone it will not slow down before 30mph, more like a second or so past the sign..... Not good if PC plod or a speed camera is out. Also driving down a A road and say a car is parked up and you go to go past it, it must flag up an 'object' in the way and brakes.... Hard !! even though if you were 'driving' you would just go past the park car. Then you use it on a motorway, pass a car and move to inside lane, a car then goes past you (that is obviously going quicker) and moves in. The cruise then slows down until the car that has moved in front of you has gone past what it see's as the danger zone...and then resumes its normal speed. All very odd, I've even turned the sensitivity down to the minimum. Its easy to operate just a button but its not really 'that' clever. |
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16th Sep 2020 1:11pm |
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| J77 Member Since: 04 Nov 2019 Location: Fife Posts: 3350 
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I’ve got it on my Velar, I’m not a fan of it. It picks up speed limit signs for side streets and slows down to those speeds.
All just pointless IMO |
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16th Sep 2020 8:21pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753 
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That was what I thought too, I have no problems observing speed limits and just having the sign recognition works well with my brain, just would have liked the Head Up Display instead! Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
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16th Sep 2020 9:03pm |
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| umbertob Member Since: 21 Jun 2020 Location: Altadena, CA Posts: 133 
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The HUD is actually very well executed. The projection on the windshield is very clear to see (unless you wear polarized glasses, in which case it's still visible - but barely), and you can adjust both its position to suit your height, and brightness. You can select how much or how little info you want on the display (speed is the default of course, but you can also display the gear you are in, turn icons and street names from the satnav, current speed limit, cruise control info, driver warning messages), all info is displayed either in white or green / red text and icons, that I find extremely legible, and I am no hawk. The adaptive cruise control is probably an acquired taste, still getting used to it. The adaptive speed limiter seems needlessly complicated to me. It's nice to have the current speed limit sign showing on the dash in case you missed it, and that's all one should really need.
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16th Sep 2020 9:35pm |
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| Lodelaner Member Since: 04 Feb 2010 Location: Lambourn Posts: 629 
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47715415
Be afraid - very afraid. I have used this system on Land Rovers, Mercs and my own Volvo. On A roads the system can and does pick up 30 limits in side roads, slamming the brakes on. A truck narrowly missed shunting our car up the rear when SWMBO was driving and I got a massive telling off! And even though we have left the EU, road and vehicle standards and compliance is one of the areas of alignment that will continue according to the transitional exit agreement. These systems are fine if they work, but like autonomous cars they're not good enough to be relied upon yet. JB @Lodelaner Instagram Youtube greenlaning and other LR related content |
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17th Sep 2020 10:10am |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753
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Thanks for the warning, I dislike these devices but when they don’t work properly they are a hinderence and not something that could make driving more pleasant. So far I would like to inhibit the Lane keeping assistance and this but keep the road sign recognition although unlike the system that was in both my Evoques, the Countryman and the last RRS this one only seems to show speed limit signs, the previous systems showed up to 3 different road traffic signs not just speed limit signs. They also worked well with the variable speed limit signs on overhead gantries but I;ve not yet driven anywhere with those since getting the Defender. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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17th Sep 2020 10:19am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17207 
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I do rather wonder what the roads will be like when there is a generation of drivers which relies upon this technology and can no longer (or does no longer) engage the brain. I fear that someone will then realise that it was all a dreadful mistake.
There already seems to be many people who can't turn work their lights or wipers manually, and who cannot see road-signs and road markings using the Mark 1 eyeball. |
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17th Sep 2020 10:29am |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753
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Autonomous vehicles by stealth ....... Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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17th Sep 2020 10:34am |
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| Bian Considine Member Since: 25 Jul 2020 Location: Margate Posts: 53
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Could not agree more. Even bigger pain when driving an HGV that brakes hard when it picks up a large bird flying past the windscreen. (& then you get pulled by the transport desk because the ob board telematics have logged "harsh braking"). |
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17th Sep 2020 11:41am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17207
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I guess that if a pedestrian was simply to hold up a realistic speed limit sign as you approached, your vehicle would spontaneously brake. "Community speed watch" areas could become a lot more fun!
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17th Sep 2020 11:48am |
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| umbertob Member Since: 21 Jun 2020 Location: Altadena, CA Posts: 133
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I am pretty sure I picked up a Do Not Pass sign along with a speed limit sign yesterday, both briefly popped up in the instrument cluster side-by-side. |
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17th Sep 2020 3:05pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753
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Looks like I need to take a drive from my home in the countryside into the city then just to see. One good place to find out is the Clyde Tunnel entrance - that has an upper speed limit sign of 30mph, a minimum speed sign of 8mph and a no overtaking sign over the entrance. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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17th Sep 2020 4:07pm |
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| RDR Member Since: 27 Apr 2018 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 591
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I imagine you will get a do not pass sign up, I see it separate to the speed limit sign on my dash on the D5. I have always thought its part of the lane assist as it seems to use the solid and solid + dotted combinations in the middle of the road as a trigger. 110 MY23.5 X Dynamic HSE
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17th Sep 2020 4:12pm |
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