Over speed indicator?

[Paul in Houston TX]

Many US cars from the 1960's had a buzzer that
you could set for any speed.
Go over that speed and the buzzer would go off.
It looks like no US made cars have that now.

Anyone know of an aftermarket one?

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Yes, there are a few on every highway and town in the US of A.
If you see flashing red and blue lights in your rear view mirror
then you know it went off.

[hls]

"Paul in Houston TX" <Pa...@Houston.com> wrote in message
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I dont believe I have ever seen one from the factory, but googling I found a
Cadillac
forum that discussed them. I also googled for an aftermarket one, but so
far no
luck.

It could be easy enough to "home brew", if one really wanted to do this.

[Steve W.]

They were on some domestics (Mustang and Camaro from 65-68 IIRC)

Actually popular in Europe. There are a couple units that use GPS out
there.

--
Steve W.

[J.B. Wood]

No, but if you activate the "My Key" function in my Ford Focus the car
won't go over 80 MPH ;-)

--
J. B. Wood e-mail: arl_1...@hotmail.com

[Jack Myers]

Why isn't this a standard feature of every GPS targeting the automobile
market?

--
Jack Myers / Westminster, California, USA

perhaps there is a certain element of the lumpen literati that is so dogmatically atheist and materialist and Earth-bound that it finds the grandeur of space and the myriad mysteries of cosmic intelligence anathema
--Stanley Kubric

[hls]

"Jack Myers" <jmy...@n6wuz.net> wrote in message
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>
> Why isn't this a standard feature of every GPS targeting the automobile
> market?
>
> --
> Jack Myers / Westminster, California, USA

No one I ever knew wanted one of the things.
I personally dont want any more alarms in the car than are already there.
Just more
junk to go bad.

[MG]

"hls" <h...@nospam.nix> wrote in message
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Not American but my VW has this. I don't use it. I had the mykey thing on
a rental once and felt unsafe.

[Paul in Houston TX]

The recent GTO and G8 had it, but they were not really US cars.

[mike]

my handheld gps has one.
Problem is the difficulty of setting it.
Not a problem for a long trip, but messy when speed limits
change often.

I gave some thought to writing a program that would beep
at the limit, but allow you to reset it to the current
speed with one button...like cruise control.
Even that was too complicated for my small motorcycle.

[jim beam]

am i retarded or is stating the obvious just too frightening? i mean,
haven't y'all ever considered the possibility of glancing down at the
gauges? i mean, why the FUCK do manufacturers waste money installing
them if y'all never bother to look at them?????????


--
nomina rutrum rutrum

[AMuzi]

Beeper, really?

When you hear that valve tap noise you're past redline.
Back off a bit.

--
Andrew Muzi
<www.yellowjersey.org/>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

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On Apr 4, 10:14 pm, "hls" <h...@nospam.nix> wrote:
> "Jack Myers" <jmy...@n6wuz.net> wrote in message
>
> news:bmiu49-...@n6wuz.net...
>
>
>
> > Why isn't this a standard feature of every GPS targeting the automobile
> > market?

because there is cruise control already for long highway slogs

> > --
> > Jack Myers / Westminster, California, USA
>
> No one I ever knew wanted one of the things.
> I personally dont want any more alarms in the car than are already there.

Bingo! And we have a winner here

[bugalugs]

On 6/04/2012 1:58 p.m., mike wrote:
> On 4/3/2012 7:56 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
>> Many US cars from the 1960's had a buzzer that
>> you could set for any speed.
>> Go over that speed and the buzzer would go off.
>> It looks like no US made cars have that now.
>>
>> Anyone know of an aftermarket one?
> my handheld gps has one.
> Problem is the difficulty of setting it.
> Not a problem for a long trip, but messy when speed limits
> change often.

My GPS (Tom Tom Go 730)gives an audible warning when I exceed the speed
limit by 6kph. Currently it's set to give a loud Mooo sound but I have a
choice of about 10 or 15 others. The GPS detects the changing speed
limits (50, 70 & 100kph) and automatically adjusts for urban or open
highway.

It also has another independent speed alarm which I can set to any speed
I choose.

>
> I gave some thought to writing a program that would beep
> at the limit, but allow you to reset it to the current
> speed with one button...like cruise control.
> Even that was too complicated for my small motorcycle.

--
Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

[Mr. Austerity]

Paul in Houston TX wrote:

When I get to the speed limit I just tap the cruise control. Keeps me
and those stacking up behind me from getting speeding tickets. They
appreciate it so much they often thank me by waving or flashing their
lights.

[Ashton Crusher]

The cruise control in a 68 Caddy I had was different then how they
work today. It allowed you to do the normal cruise thing at a set
speed and the car would take over the throttle. Or you could set the
speed in it but not have it run the throttle but run it yourself. The
difference was that with the second way the servo tracked the throttle
position and speed and if you tried to give the car more gas then was
needed for the set speed it started to push back against you, you
could easily feel that it suddenly became harder to push on the gas
pedal. The faster you went over the set speed the harder it pushed
back. It used all rods and levers, no cables. It was great for heavy
traffic where you didn't want the car to control it's own speed but
still wanted to make sure you didn't go over some particular speed.

[Ashton Crusher]

On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 12:06:19 -0700, "Jack Myers" <jmy...@n6wuz.net>
wrote:

>Paul in Houston TX <Pa...@houston.com> wrote:
>> Many US cars from the 1960's had a buzzer that
>> you could set for any speed.
>> Go over that speed and the buzzer would go off.
>> It looks like no US made cars have that now.
>
>> Anyone know of an aftermarket one?
>
>Why isn't this a standard feature of every GPS targeting the automobile
>market?

My Garmin doesn't have an alarm but it does track your speed and if
you go over the speed limit in it's data base the speed display
changes color (green => red)

[Paul in Houston TX]

Nice! Thats the scenario.
Heavy traffic, everyone speeding, and 17 different police
forces over every hill with laser raking in the cash.
I try not to get caught up in it all but sometimes find
myself steadily increasing speed.

[Ashton Crusher]

On Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:30:30 -0500, Paul in Houston TX

I just remembered another device that might still be around. It was a
small GPS/database hockey device for about $100 at Fry's electronics.
It's purpose was to alert you to known photo radar spots. It also
could be set to give an alarm if you went over a speed you could
input. They don't seem to have the one I bought but do have this,
which looks similar and costs less.
http://www.frys.com/product/6538783?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

[Paul in Houston TX]

Ashton Crusher wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:30:30 -0500, Paul in Houston TX
> <Pa...@Houston.com> wrote:
>
>> Ashton Crusher wrote:
>>> On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:56:11 -0500, Paul in Houston TX
>>> <Pa...@Houston.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Many US cars from the 1960's had a buzzer that
>>>> you could set for any speed.
>>>> Go over that speed and the buzzer would go off.
>>>> It looks like no US made cars have that now.

>

> I just remembered another device that might still be around. It was a
> small GPS/database hockey device for about $100 at Fry's electronics.
> It's purpose was to alert you to known photo radar spots. It also
> could be set to give an alarm if you went over a speed you could
> input. They don't seem to have the one I bought but do have this,
> which looks similar and costs less.
> http://www.frys.com/product/6538783?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Thanks! The Fry's on the southwest side of town has one.
Will have to research it first though.