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Re: Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you

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Post by jeffbee »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #72
yayitswei wrote: post #65

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I used to get tickets for speeding. These days I let Autopilot set the speed and just chill. I'm not as concerned with passing or being passed when I've delegated the accelerator, and the trip time difference is negligible.

Even cruise control can help reduce the need to check the speed so often but hills and changing traffic limits its use

Hills are the exact reason to use the speed control. It drives me crazy that drivers don’t know how and when to engage it, go 50 up hills and 85 down the other side.

Re: Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you

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Post by lib-dev »

jeffbee wrote: post #81
quickthrower2 wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even cruise control can help reduce the need to check the speed so often but hills and changing traffic limits its use

Hills are the exact reason to use the speed control. It drives me crazy that drivers don’t know how and when to engage it, go 50 up hills and 85 down the other side.

50 up 85 down is the natural way to drive. It’s a waste of fuel to brake downhill (beyond reason).

Re: Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you

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Post by amatecha »

CamperBob2 wrote: post #51
LeoPanthera wrote: post #48

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20% means you drive at 80 in a 65. That is in no way acceptable.

Keep right except to pass and you won't have a problem.

Seriously. Why can't people in NA follow this basic, simple protocol? It makes driving so much easier in every way. Need to slow down because your turn is coming? No problem, move over to the right. Want to actually get somewhere sometime today? Pass and then return to the lane you were in. It's so easy! Imagine actually having protocols around traffic flow, and following them! Just wait until you hear about roundabouts, which allow traffic to continue moving (rather than waiting at a red light for minutes on end when there's no one else there!)

Re: Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you

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Post by amatecha »

jack_pp wrote: post #41
d1str0 wrote: post #4

I saw this talk live but was disappointed the app is $10 to give it a shot. Seems a little steep.

You have enough info to build your own, then share it with us for free!

Oh, did I miss a link somewhere to some kind of git repo or similar? I checked the links on the defcon page and didn't see any kind of ... actual code/specs or anything. Just some manuals/videos ...

Edit: ah, found it myself by searching the web: https://github.com/datapartyjs/rfparty-monitor

Re: Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you

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Post by jeffbee »

lib-dev wrote: post #84
jeffbee wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hills are the exact reason to use the speed control. It drives me crazy that drivers don’t know how and when to engage it, go 50 up hills and 85 down the other side.

50 up 85 down is the natural way to drive. It’s a waste of fuel to brake downhill (beyond reason).

Solid argument for outlawing fossil fuels.

Re: Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you

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Post by amatecha »

Ooohh the software[0] runs on Ubuntu and optionally uses a GPS receiver... I happen to have a computer with such a receiver - a Panasonic ToughBook CF-31, which happens to have been formerly used by local LE (they all have them mounted in their cars). Would be pretty hilarious to use one of their old laptops to "snoop unto them as they snoop unto us", right? hahah ;)

[0] https://github.com/datapartyjs/rfparty-monitor

Re: Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you

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Post by theturtle32 »

jeffbee wrote: post #87
lib-dev wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

50 up 85 down is the natural way to drive. It’s a waste of fuel to brake downhill (beyond reason).

Solid argument for outlawing fossil fuels.

Lol. Yep, and not to mention regenerative braking on EVs actually recoups and stores the energy as it slows the vehicle's descent!

Re: Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you

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Post by thayne »

genman wrote: post #30
grecy wrote: post #26

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> Many speed limits are set lower than they need to be. Sounds like you are a qualified expert and know more about road design, traffic flow and pedestrian safety than those doing the job now. Clearly you need to apply for a position so you can right these so obvious wrongs. Please, don’t pretend you can do the job better than qualified experts

In many cases those experts are quite dumb and speed limits are arbitrary. You can see it most clearly in Europe where different countries have set different speed limits for similar road conditions. For example in one country the speed limit in highway tunnels is 80 km/h, but in others 90 km/h while the width of the road is similar, or even mostly wider where the limit is lower. The same kind of highway can have 30…

Same thing in the US. Different states have different speed limits. The same road will change limits at a state border.
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