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No I don't want you to beep at me when I go over the speed limit by 2 units.
No I don't want you to beep at me when I'm parking.
Imo speed chimes and/or governors (the video shows 120kph or ~75mph) are totally acceptable at that kinda speed.
Yeah, Japanese market cars in the 80s had a chime for the national speed limit at the time: 100km/h.
Laws in burgerland are so inconsistent that I don't know how they could implement something like it
Oregon speed limit is 55 mph, Texas it's 80 mph on some remote highways
Oh my fucking god
wikipedia shows 70 as the maximum for Oregon. Apparently it varies by count in texas and gets up to 85 mph in some counties!
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/US_Speed_Limits.svg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/US_Undivided_Speed_Limits.svg
It likely has to do with how the highways are built in each state. Texas is really flat, so its highways are straight and you can see really far ahead. Oregon has a bunch of mountains going through it. If you look at a map:
...you can see states in the Midwest have the highest speed limits. Places with more hills and uneven terrain have lower speed limits.
The reason the Autobahn in Germany has no speed limit is because it was engineered to be so straight you can see far enough ahead to stop for an accident if you're going 100 mph.
I wonder if this happens in counties in Texas with the 85 mph limit...
"Officer - what seems to be the problem?"
"You know how fast you were goin'?"
"Um... a couple miles over the limit?"
"90. That's way over. And we got the cartels pushing drugs through our county. How can you afford this nice car anyways? Pop the trunk, Speedy Gonzales."
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
parking sensors are OK, just remember to turn them off if you're driving near ice
dinging when you're speeding has been around since the 80s