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[–] 4 points 2 days ago (4 children)

If you can tell the difference between 25 and 27mph an hour, that's pretty cool.

Also, you're being an asshole.

Also, also, a HUD on a car? Is that something i can get?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago

    HUDs have been built into a lot of cars from the past maybe 10 years. There's usually a small screen buried in the top of the dashboard, and a semi-reflective area on the glass (you can often see this reflective spot from the outside of the car). The better kind will be angled such that it appears to be floating much further from your eyes than the glass; often almost at the nose of the car.

    Will show speed, likely lane position if the car has sensors for that, and next-turn information if you're using the onboard navigation (no love for Carplay/Android Auto here, sadly).

    (And before anyone says "sure, if you're driving a $100,000 Mercedes", I rented a 2023 Mazda that had a basic speed/navigation HUD, it's definitely showing up even in mass-market vehicles)

    Low-cost aftermarket options are available though, usually in the form of a small LED/LCD display you stick to the dashboard (similarly reflecting, which may or may not require a sticker applied to the glass), and either reading speed from the car's OBD2 port, or with its own internal GPS. Ones that use OBD2 may include other information like RPM, etc.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago* (2 children)

    It's not pretty cool. Hglding a speed is a basic driving skill we have to learn to meet the UK National Standard for Driving Cars and it's shocking if it's not elsewhere.

    Maybe I'm being an asshole, but not as much as someone speeding and massively increasing the probability of killing anyone they may hit.

    Others have answered about HUD in detail.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    Yes, but I think we should all hate driving because the actual attention required to drive a vehicle safely is literally superhumanly impossible, so coming at me like this just seems wrongheaded. Get good is not a solution.

    What is the +/- on the KPH for the national standard? What's the variance, and does it include hills?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    I agree we should all hate driving but because it's a waste of so many people's time when mass transit exists and it's ludicrous that driving is so heavily subsidised and marketed that so many think it worthwhile. It is possible to drive safely, even if many (most?) drivers don't.

    No variance is stated in the standard, if I recall correctly, so you could go as far under the limit as you like but never over, but going way too slow (if your vehicle can go faster) would fail a different point in the standard so in practical test, you probably want to stay within 15-20% unless there's good reason to slow further. Yes, hills are included, so you have to know how to cause regenerative or engine breaking, as well as mechanical, but this is rarely tested.

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