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mwooldri

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17. I suppose it depends on the car?
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 06:37 PM
Tuesday

The trucks I drive with this tech are definitely reading the signs on the road with their cameras. It reads speed limit signs in places I go which aren't public highways (truck yards). Plus GPS data for speed limits don't update that quick - throw up some road works and a reduced speed limit and your GPS will say the speed limit is still the normal limit before the roadworks started.

And also because the GPS speed limit data isn't updated in real time you will sometimes see anomalies when the Google Maps car goes down a stretch of highway with roadworks on it and capture the road works limits as the "normal" limits. Then later on when the road works are over the GPS still thinks the speed limit on that stretch of road is lower than what it is.

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