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California’s governor has vetoed a bill that would have required all new cars to beep at drivers when they speed.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/9VMTY

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fcalifornia-speed-alert-cars-bill-veto-588605f3980c952c894756da6579bf3d

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Holy shit that would have been annoying. Thanks Gav

[–] SmokumJoe@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's just gonna piss people off

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I generally liked Scott Weiner’s legislation but am glad this bill was vetoed.

My RAV4 already detects the limit sign, displays the posted speed on the dash, and turns that limit red when traveling 10 over. It makes me aware of what the limit is without a distracting beep that could be confused with other warnings already implemented like rapidly slowing traffic ahead.

Safety Saturation is a real thing. If the car starts beeping for going with the flow of a traffic then drivers just start ignoring them all.

[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I want like a video game hud to show up on the windshield that turns red when it's 10 over. I hate not knowing what the speed limit is and having to guess

[–] tee9000@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago
[–] jonsnothere@beehaw.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

We have this in Europe for new cars, and the issue everyone expects is that cars are terrible at accurately knowing the speed limit. Current cars often can already show what they think the speed limit is, but it's often inaccurate due to missing a sign or road crossing, or any other software/image recognition problems. Which means you're bound to get false positives, causing drivers to turn off the warnings each time.