Who is responsible for speed limits being updated on satnavs?

[SpyWriter]

I recently received a speeding ticked due to my satnav being incorrect. Are authorities obliged to inform satnav manufacturers are kept up to date with changes?

[ChuckFickens]

"I recently received a speeding ticked due to my satnav being incorrect."

No you Didn't... you received a ticket because you were speeding

I assume you'd drive into a river if your sat nav told you to do so?

http://news.bbc.co.uk...d/norfolk/7362254.stm

[ChuckFickens]

Just to make it clear..

Sat navs do not replace brains!

[SpyWriter]

Good answer Vulcan though I'm not looking to get off on a technicality unless it's something serious like the speed limit should not have been reduced.

[ojread2]

You can read what you like, make excuses of what ever reason but ATEOTD you were speeding and it was no ones fault but your own
Who ever updates satnavs cannot, quite rightly, be held responsibly for a drivers actions

[SpyWriter]

My point is Ummmm, if authorities have moved the speed limit start (about 200 yards in this case) without the knowledge of the SatNav companies they may not have followed through other correct procedures and it may be illegal. Google maps shows the original position of the 30 sign which was sensibly placed at the start of an urban area. According to guidelines safety camera van positions should be advertised and signed which these clearly weren't. I am not against speed enforcement having campaigned as a school governor to have the limit outside the school reduced from 40 to 30 however speed limits need to be sensible and legal. I know of narrow bendy single track roads where I could legally do 60 which would be totally stupid. It is better to be watching the road than your speedometer and satnavs which beep when you reach the limit are a good tool. Having driven 2 wheels & 4 for nearly 40 years without an at fault accident I consider myself reasonably safe.

[ummmm]

Fair enough, although I don't think it will make a difference. I've never had a speeding ticket...or a satnav.

[SpyWriter]

Same as any piece of technology, we got by before we had them then we got used to them

[naomi24]

I think you just have to bite the bullet with this one. Regardless of the satnav, you're supposed to be watching the road.

[Hopkirk]

No doubt the small print in the Sat Nav manual will absolve them of any responsibility.

[JackDiamond]

SpyWriter "According to guidelines safety camera van positions should be advertised and signed "
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This Video clip has been posted before on this site

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1UrcvQt_5Y

[vulcan]

I agree there is no excuse for speeding but there a few places that I know of where the speed restriction is just cynical and there only to raise revenue. In N Ireland at the end of the M2[70mph] there is a slight bend and just past that bend is a sign which says national speed limits apply[60]. On the bend is a small 50mph sign and the police regularly sit there and catch literally hundreds of motorists for speeding. There is absolutely no reason for that small stretch, between the motorways 70 and national limit of 60, to be any other speed other than catch motorists.

[bednobs]

"It is better to be watching the road than your speedometer and satnavs"

Completely agree. so if you were, why didn't you know the speed limits?

[ABerrant]

"I am just curious if the satnav software people are expected to search for this information fr if either the police or the highway authorities pass it on as a matter of course."

The information (or bits of it) may or may not be passed on by authorities as a matter of course but there is definitely no obligation to do so. All SatNav POI data is supplied to the end user on an ad hoc basis - companies preparing overlay information for devices will accept no liability for incorrect data; third-party data they may well have sourced from any number of suppliers having no direct connection with law enforcement or government agencies.

"If I am paying for updates on my satnav I expect the info to be accurate."

You would be better off lowering your expectations or saving your money. A perusal of the T&Cs of your SatNav manufacturer will show they do not even guarantee the accuracy of the hardware let alone the accuracy of any supplied data. Only a foolish manufacturer would guarantee error-free GPS calculation and mapping services from a system that could be shut off without notice at the whim of the US government.

[SpyWriter]

Those who gave smug but irrelevant answers instead of useful advice might like to know that through my FOI request it has been discovered the there were procedural anomalies in the Traffic Order making that particular speed limit invalid so there is no longer a case to answer. End of topic.

[BRIGHT SPARK]

The wifes car has a camera behind the rear view mirror which reads the speed limit signs and displays it on the dash so you can tell at a glance what the limit is.If you exceed it by 5% you hear a buzzer...pretty neat

[sherrardk]

Are FOI available that quickly then? I imagined they would drag their heels giving information out.

[Old_Geezer]

Seeing your selected best answer I don't spot how a case being dropped answers your question about who is responsible for updates on sat navs.

[starone]

Bristol have just set the speed limit on many of its roads to 20 mph. Very slow, nearly walking pace - well, perhaps running pace - oh all right cycling pace. But the fact remains exceed it at your peril. You have been warned - and you don't need a sat-nav to do it.

[SpyWriter]

I rang TomTom (which I would have done in the first place had it not been weekend)

I sent for the FOI about a week ago (council not police)