By Jonathan Kimak Ok, maybe you’ll tell the police officer that caught you speeding that you didn’t know the speed limit when you really did know. But sometimes you get distracted for a second because you’re switching tracks on your iPod and you miss seeing the sign and the next sign might be 10 miles […]
By Jonathan Kimak
Ok, maybe you will tell the police officer that caught you speeding that you didn’t know the speed limit when you really did know. But sometimes you get distracted for a second because you’re switching tracks on your iPod and you miss seeing the sign and the next sign might be 10 miles away. That one second distraction could cost you hundreds of dollars in speeding tickets.
Vauxhall Motors, a British subsidiary of General Motors, has come up with a camera to repair that problem and possibly save you money. The optional camera takes 30 photos a second and analyzes the pictures with image recognition software to detect all the speed limit signs it passes and then posts the current limit on the dashboard of the automobile.
The system will debut in Vauxhall’s upcoming Insignia sedan and might be available for 2010 models of automobiles in the US. Of course if you do have this in your automobile and are speeding, you’ll have a far harder time trying to explain how you didn’t know the speed limit when you’ve a large light that states 65 on your dash.
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