article_snippet: It’s easy to let your speed creep upwards when driving on a quiet motorway, but being caught on speed camera can be expensive.
article_snippet: To solve the problem Ford has introduced a setting in Ford latest car model to stop drivers accidentally exceeding speed limits.
article_snippet: The built-in device, called the Intelligent Speed Limiter, automatically detects road signs and cameras and slows the car down where necessary.
article_snippet: Ford has introduced a built-in device called the Intelligent Speed Limiter to Ford new S-Max model, which automatically detects road signs and cameras and slows the car down where necessary.
article_snippet: This image shows the system display on the dashboard, where the maximum speed is set at 50mph (80km/h)
article_snippet: This image does this by using a windscreen-mounted camera to monitor road signs and when the speed limit is lower than that maximum set speed.
article_snippet: Drivers have to manually set a maximum speed using controls on the steering wheel, so Drivers might choose 70mph (113km/h) for a motorway, for example.
article_snippet: As speed limit rises, from small roads to highways, the system allows the driver to accelerate up to the set speed, providing the system does not exceed the new speed limit, or the maximum limit set by the driver.
article_snippet: The speed limiter is essentially a variation of a cruise control setting and allows the driver to set a maximum speed for the car.
article_snippet: The system, in the S-Max car (pictured) is essentially a variation of a cruise control setting and allows the driver to set a maximum speed for the car .
article_snippet: If the on board technology detects a lower speed limit is in place, on a motorway for example, then the on board technology detects a lower speed limit is in place, on a motorway for example slows the car down to that speed  (illustrated) and then increases the car if and when the limit goes up again .
article_snippet: The Intelligent Speed Limiter can be controlled via controls on the steering wheel.
article_snippet: Drivers manually set a maximum speed.
article_snippet: The maximum speed is automatically adjusted from the traffic sign recognition system.
article_snippet: If the on board technology detects a lower speed limit is in place - on a motorway for example - then the on board technology slows the car down to that speed and then increases the car if and when the limit goes up again.
article_snippet: The Intelligent Speed Limiter communicates with an on-board navigation system to glean extra data in order to help it accurately maintain the appropriate maximum speed when distances between speed limit signs are greater, for example on long country roads.
article_snippet: Ford claims the system could save drivers from picking up speeding tickets or getting pulled over by the police for going too fast.
article_snippet: Drivers are not always conscious of speeding and sometimes only becoming aware Drivers were going too fast when Drivers receive a fine in the mail or are pulled over by law enforcement,’ said Ford Europe safety supervisor, Stefan Kappes.
article_snippet: ‘Intelligent Speed Limiter can remove one of the stresses of driving, helping ensure customers remain within the legal speed limit.
article_snippet: Intelligent Speed Limiter works between speeds of 20mph and 120mph and the speed is reduced by restricting the amount of fuel supplied to the engine, making deceleration smoother.
article_snippet: The Intelligent Speed Limiter communicates with an on-board navigation system to glean extra data in order to help it accurately maintain the appropriate maximum speed when distances between speed limit signs are greater.
article_snippet: The Intelligent Speed Limiter combines two current Ford technologies – the Adjustable Speed Limiter and Traffic Sign Recognition, which are available on Focus, Mondeo and Kuga models.
highlights_snippet: Device, called Intelligent Speed Limiter comes in the new S-Max model .
  
highlights_snippet: Drivers set a maximum speed using controls on the steering wheel .
  