Recently bought 2024 Kona Hybrid after parting with VW iD3 and, much as I am enjoying the car, I am very disappointed with speed alerts. Like many others, I get alerts when passing many schools at any time day or night to tell me the limit is 20mph. One really annoying problem is if I drive past a local school in West to East direction it pings for 20mph, if I travel the same road East to West I am told it is a 30mph limit!
This makes me wonder if the warning is triggered by GPS, on board mapping or by roadside signage?
I often get speed alerts when I pass the 300 metres warning signs rather than the actual speed limit signs. Does anyone know how speed mapping is programmed?
Speed limit notifications
There is a way to turn the alerts off but it needs doing every time you turn the car on.
I can't detail the sequence at the moment as Stoneacre still have my car to replace the camera. I only had it 5 days from new before it went tits up!
When (if) I get it back I'll do some screen shots of the sequence.
They've given me an i30 and that is a problematic too. It detects side street signs and dings and sets the alerts to that speed. It even picked up a 15mph sign from roadworks and kept it for 2 miles.
I can't detail the sequence at the moment as Stoneacre still have my car to replace the camera. I only had it 5 days from new before it went tits up!
When (if) I get it back I'll do some screen shots of the sequence.
They've given me an i30 and that is a problematic too. It detects side street signs and dings and sets the alerts to that speed. It even picked up a 15mph sign from roadworks and kept it for 2 miles.
Hi Gannet15.
I have an all electric Kona but assume that the speed bongs/dings and their control is similar for both cars.
To try and answer the question of how the car works out the speed limit.... well it appears to have some knowledge of the speed limit for the location, presumably using GPS, but it also obviously uses the cameras to read what it thinks are speed limit signs. However, like me, it is not perfect. The car often reads speed limits on nearby roads and interprets early warning signs as actual speed limits, etc.. This is one of the reasons why I like to turn of the dings which I think ding far too often and are distracting. That said, the error rate for the Kona is far lower than on my previous Cupra.
And how to silence the dings..... For me, since the latest software update, the easiest way to turn the dings off is to press the knurled volume knob on the right of the steering wheel for about 3 seconds. A small banner then briefly pops up on the infotainment screen and the speed limit dings are silenced, though the displays still show what the car thinks is the current speed limit. This needs to be done after every restart but it is easy enough to do and no great distraction.
I hope that helps.
I have an all electric Kona but assume that the speed bongs/dings and their control is similar for both cars.
To try and answer the question of how the car works out the speed limit.... well it appears to have some knowledge of the speed limit for the location, presumably using GPS, but it also obviously uses the cameras to read what it thinks are speed limit signs. However, like me, it is not perfect. The car often reads speed limits on nearby roads and interprets early warning signs as actual speed limits, etc.. This is one of the reasons why I like to turn of the dings which I think ding far too often and are distracting. That said, the error rate for the Kona is far lower than on my previous Cupra.
And how to silence the dings..... For me, since the latest software update, the easiest way to turn the dings off is to press the knurled volume knob on the right of the steering wheel for about 3 seconds. A small banner then briefly pops up on the infotainment screen and the speed limit dings are silenced, though the displays still show what the car thinks is the current speed limit. This needs to be done after every restart but it is easy enough to do and no great distraction.
I hope that helps.
Hyundai Kona EV Ultimate 65kW 19" +LUX MY24, Engine Red
