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Few drivers, present company excepted, see and realise the importance of each and every sign they see or pass. The extraordinary explosion of street furniture in recent years will not have helped that. It's worst on routes you 'know'. My regular commute used to involve a 30 limit road, over a crest...

I seem to remember reading somewhere that some signs in the UK are not understood by these systems. Catching up - or lagging - with human drivers, then . . . I read an article some time back which largely related to speed limit signs; how they cannot be understood by these systems was I believe som...

jont- wrote:I think stressed Dave previously said that in his experience of accident investigation 1.5s was doing fairly well

1.5s? That's quite good, really, considering that the article is dated Tuesday 25 July 2017 . . .

I'm not even going to think about saying that out aloud . . .

If you're going to make a fight of it, take screen shots and copy&paste the text into a file. Get as much info as you can, configuration, reviews, sales blurb brochures, adverts etc.

But as I said earlier, decide first how much of an issue it is for you and what you will accept.

I was overtaken by a RR today. Never mind cameras, he could have done with using his mirrors since an ambulance on blues - with siren going - was trying to get past at the time . . .

My progression would be: Salesman Dealer Principal Go nuclear Escalation initially to Customer Services to tick the box but without expectation of anything beyond being fobbed off, then try and find contact details for UK marketing / sales director etc I'd also be gathering evidence, such as anythin...

sussex2 wrote:I seem to remember reading somewhere that some signs in the UK are not understood by these systems.

Catching up - or lagging - with human drivers, then . . .

FWIW, someone on Twitter commented that his Audi's sign recognition system didn't identify a '55' sign that was on trial in motorway roadworks.

Of course, it would be interesting to know what might happen with a similar enquiry, 'mystery shopper's style, at another dealer - whether they would 'sell' the same spec vehicle . . .