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  2. Speedometer - Wikipedia

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    A digital, LCD speedometer in a Honda Insight. A speedometer or speed meter is a gauge that measures and displays the instantaneous speed of a vehicle. Now universally fitted to motor vehicles, they started to be available as options in the early 20th century, and as standard equipment from about 1910 onwards. [ 1 ]

  3. List of vehicle instruments - Wikipedia

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    Trip odometer. Oil pressure gauge. Coolant Temperature gauge. Battery/Charging system lamp. Low oil pressure lamp. Airbag lamp. Coolant overheat lamp. Hand-brake lamp. Door ajar lamp.

  4. Speed limit enforcement - Wikipedia

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    The Locomotive Acts in the UK set speed limits for vehicles, and later codified enforcement methods. The first Locomotive Act, passed in 1861, set a speed limit of 10 miles per hour (16 km/h) in uninhabited areas, and 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h) within towns. This act also included the value of fines for violations of the law.

  5. National Maximum Speed Law - Wikipedia

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    The National Maximum Speed Limit (NMSL) was a provision of the federal government of the United States 1974 Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act that effectively prohibited speed limits higher than 55 miles per hour (89 km/h). The limit was increased to 65 miles per hour (105 km/h) in 1987. It was drafted in response to oil price spikes ...

  6. Cruise control - Wikipedia

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    The cruise control takes its speed signal from a rotating driveshaft, speedometer cable, wheel speed sensor from the engine's RPM, or internal speed pulses produced electronically by the vehicle. Most systems do not allow the use of the cruise control below a certain speed - typically around 25 or 30 mph (40 or 48 km/h).

  7. Dashboard - Wikipedia

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    Dashboard instruments displaying various car and engine conditions. Where the dashboard originally included an array of simple controls (e.g., the steering wheel) and instrumentation to show speed, fuel level and oil pressure, the modern dashboard may accommodate a broad array of gauges, and controls as well as information, climate control and entertainment systems.

  8. Speed limit - Wikipedia

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    Final report considered speed limit change induced a 3.5 km/h (2.2 mph) speed decrease and saved 349 lives during the two years which last 20 months [121] Spain (2019) Decrease speed from 100 to 90 km/h (62 to 56 mph) In Spain the year 2019 was the best year with the fewest people killed outside a built-up area.

  9. Wheel speed sensor - Wikipedia

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    The most common wheel speed sensor system consists of a ferromagnetic toothed reluctor ring (tone wheel) and a sensor (which can be passive or active). The tone wheel is typically made of steel and may be an open-air design, or sealed (as in the case of unitized bearing assemblies). The number of teeth is chosen as a trade-off between low-speed ...

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