Re: OT: Converting miles/km

 Ar an dara lá is fiche de mí Méan Fómhair, scríobh Sam Plusnet:

 > On 22/09/2024 07:59, Aidan Kehoe wrote:
 > > Ah, maybe I have. My 2019 Toyota Corolla has a system that reads the
 > > speed-limit signs, displays the currently active speed limit, and changes
 > > the usual black-numbers-on-a-white-background display to
 > > white-numbers-on-a-red-background if I exceed that speed. It very
 > > occasionally gets things wrong but is usually reliable, even on those
 > > parts of the island afflicted by speed limits in MPH. So my reading of
 > > things is from my own relevant experience rather than a journalist driving
 > > clicks.
 >
 > This will be more of a problem for some, depending upon where you live.
 >
 > My car uses a combination of satnav map data which includes the set speed
 > limit on each road, plus the output of the camera which (attempts to) read
 > speed limit signs.
 >
 > Since the default speed limit in Wales was reduced to 20mph, the speed limit
 > displayed by my car has been wrong more often than it is correct[1] - and not
 > just reading "30" when it ought to be "20".

That is very tedious, and a very different situation to mine.

 > At the moment that is a nuisance. If that same incorrect data is to be used
 > in the way described in this thread, it becomes far more than a nuisance.

No rush to buy a new car, then.

 > [1] In a 8 mile radius around my home, I am not exaggerating when I say
 > "more often wrong that correct". - and yes the satnav's mapping data has
 > been updated twice in the year since the limit was changed.

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