British Vauxhall Cars Have New Camera That Scans Signs, Displays Current Speed Limit


	British Vauxhall Cars Have New Camera That Scans Signs, Displays Current Speed Limit

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e1a1d164-5b0a-468c-8644-7cb1a12e394d/6AAF2AA2-EC43-4D41-9E36-DCFC49CF7C0A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://gizmodo.com/5021974/british-vauxhall-cars-have-new-camera-that-scans-signs-displays-current-speed-limit" href="http://gizmodo.com/5021974/british-vauxhall-cars-have-new-camera-that-scans-signs-displays-current-speed-limit" style="font-size: 11px;">gizmodo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gizmodo.com/5021974/british-vauxhall-cars-have-new-camera-that-scans-signs-displays-current-speed-limit"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/gizmodo.com/img/C0716532-4402-4D49-893E-36A1DB7A99EC" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gizmodo.com/5021974/british-vauxhall-cars-have-new-camera-that-scans-signs-displays-current-speed-limit">Although various GPS units already have the ability to display the current <A href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/speed-limit/" title="Click here to read more posts tagged SPEED LIMIT" rel="nofollow" class="autolink">speed limit</A> (they're pre-programmed in) of the road you're on, this Vauxhall Motors invention seems even better. There's a camera on-board that takes 30 snaps per second, then recognizing speed limit signs and translating that to a number to display on your dash.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gizmodo.com/5021974/british-vauxhall-cars-have-new-camera-that-scans-signs-displays-current-speed-limit"><P>This way you can know exactly what the speed limit is at all times, even when you've just transitioned from a high speed area to a low speed one that cops like to ticket in. In fact, if this system is good enough, it could be a decent excuse to tell the popos that their speed limit signs were too obscured that even a 30FPS camera couldn't make it out. [<A href="http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2008/06/finally-a-car-t.html">Kicking Tires</A> via <A href="http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/07/03/honestly-officer-i-didnt-know-what-the-speed-limit-was/">Oh Gizmo</A>]</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6AAF2AA2-EC43-4D41-9E36-DCFC49CF7C0A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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