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Keeping you up to speed

Imagine... keeping an electronic eye on the road and having constant update on the legal limit.

Their car will do it for them, keeping an electronic eye on the road and giving a constant update on the legal limit.

The job is done by a new computerised control system — linking a forward-facing camera to sophisticated software that recognises traditional and electronic speed signs — that flashes the current limit to the dashboard and heads-up display.

It is fitted first to the new 7 but is expected to move quickly to other models in the BMW family.

Unlike satnav-based systems, the BMW design is not pre-programmed and can react to variable-limit signs and time-sensitive limits such as those in school zones. BMW has no plans to link it to a speed limiter.

 

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