ZSchat
Standard Member
Apologies, for a long post and I know that there have been discussions about this in previous threads but I have to vent a bit and see whether anybody thinks the speed limit recognition system on the ZS is in any way acceptable. Make no mistake, I love the car but the system in my new ZS EV is, in my opinion, horribly flawed.
Firstly the national speed limit is set at 60mph and there is no way to change it. So, unless I go into manual mode, it flashes warnings at me constantly on dual carriageways and motorways which don’t have other restrictions.
Secondly, and even better, if you indicate or slow down when changing lane, to overtake for example, it loses any indication of speed limit until it sees another sign. How often do you see those on open motorways or dual carriageways? The only way to maintain the displayed speed setting is apparently to change lane without indicating or slowing down. How safe is that? Of course, if you do that, the lane keep assist kicks in! So, of course, you spend the rest of your time on that road with no indication of speed. I’m not sure where it leaves you if you are using intelligent speed limit assist.
Thirdly, if you again indicate/slow down at a junction, then the speed limit indication is also reset until the next sign is detected. So, if you are entering an urban area, for example, and the car detects a 30mph sign, which will quite often be at a junction, then it will display 30mph as the speed limit but the minute you turn the speed limit indication is lost. So, being an urban zone with blanket 30mph limit you can drive around all day and will not see a speed indication again as there are seldom reminders around urban streets. Even more problematic in urban 20mph zones which include a number of streets such as we have. Similarly, if you are on a faster road leading into a roundabout where all the exits have lower speed limits, the limit will be posted at the exit to the fast road and the ZS will lose the speed limit indication the minute you take any other exit.
Now I had a similar system on the 2015 Qashqai that the ZS has replaced and it worked flawlessly with none of these issues. As an example of how useful it was a dual carriageway leading off the first exit of a roundabout near us recently changed speed limit after many years and without warning. The new limit is posted at the exit from the dual carriageway onto the roundabout. So the Qashqai picked up that sign and maintained that speed limit warning as I took the first exit where the limit had changed. I would not have realised otherwise and the ZS would not have given me any indication. In fact I was on a ZS test drive subsequently and the MG dealer with me had not realised that the limit had changed. He was grateful as there are speed cameras down there!
I would hope MG could address these issues as it just does not make sense to me. Unless, of course, anybody can tell me I’m missing something.
Vent over. Thanks for indulging me!
Firstly the national speed limit is set at 60mph and there is no way to change it. So, unless I go into manual mode, it flashes warnings at me constantly on dual carriageways and motorways which don’t have other restrictions.
Secondly, and even better, if you indicate or slow down when changing lane, to overtake for example, it loses any indication of speed limit until it sees another sign. How often do you see those on open motorways or dual carriageways? The only way to maintain the displayed speed setting is apparently to change lane without indicating or slowing down. How safe is that? Of course, if you do that, the lane keep assist kicks in! So, of course, you spend the rest of your time on that road with no indication of speed. I’m not sure where it leaves you if you are using intelligent speed limit assist.
Thirdly, if you again indicate/slow down at a junction, then the speed limit indication is also reset until the next sign is detected. So, if you are entering an urban area, for example, and the car detects a 30mph sign, which will quite often be at a junction, then it will display 30mph as the speed limit but the minute you turn the speed limit indication is lost. So, being an urban zone with blanket 30mph limit you can drive around all day and will not see a speed indication again as there are seldom reminders around urban streets. Even more problematic in urban 20mph zones which include a number of streets such as we have. Similarly, if you are on a faster road leading into a roundabout where all the exits have lower speed limits, the limit will be posted at the exit to the fast road and the ZS will lose the speed limit indication the minute you take any other exit.
Now I had a similar system on the 2015 Qashqai that the ZS has replaced and it worked flawlessly with none of these issues. As an example of how useful it was a dual carriageway leading off the first exit of a roundabout near us recently changed speed limit after many years and without warning. The new limit is posted at the exit from the dual carriageway onto the roundabout. So the Qashqai picked up that sign and maintained that speed limit warning as I took the first exit where the limit had changed. I would not have realised otherwise and the ZS would not have given me any indication. In fact I was on a ZS test drive subsequently and the MG dealer with me had not realised that the limit had changed. He was grateful as there are speed cameras down there!
I would hope MG could address these issues as it just does not make sense to me. Unless, of course, anybody can tell me I’m missing something.
Vent over. Thanks for indulging me!
look at the scenery much better. Half the stuff on my TC is waste of time. I only bought the Trophy because of the resale value when I trade it in for the new 500 mile battery pack when it comes out
