On Sun, 18 May 2008 07:01:33 +1000, Snapper <snapper1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>Athol wrote...
>> You forgot about the extra toll for "exceed speed limit", which would
be
>> trivial if the positional accuracy was anywhere near what they claim.
>
>My Mio displays the current road's speed limit. And when I enter or leave
a
>different speed zone the symbol would update, probably between 50-100m
past the
>speed limit sign. So, if the accuracy is anything like the Mio it could
open a
>can of worms in that respect.
>
>ie. the GPS sees that you're doing 80km/h when you accelerated but it
still sees
>you as being in a 60km/h zone. For Victorians at least, that's a
significant
>fine and loss of points.
Don't try using it in NSW. With the number of times that the speed
limit is liable to change (for no obvious reason) along any given
route, your Mio's little electronic brain would overload, fry and pop
out of the unit's casing.
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