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The displayed limit and the roadside sign disagreed
For a stretch of our loop the hatchback showed a number the sign we had just passed did not.
Tomas Rehn, Road Test Editor · 19 March 2026
The car offered a speed-limit figure beside the speed. It is a convenience until it is wrong, and then it is a quiet pressure to obey a sign that is not there. On one stretch the display held a lower number after the roadside sign had changed. We do not know which database it trusted. We know which sign was metal and planted in the ground.
The metal sign wins
The desk drives to the sign we can see, and treats the icon as a hint that can be stale. That is an unsatisfying policy and a safe one. A later pass the same day showed the icon had caught up, without ceremony.
We will not write as if the icon is the law. If we mention it, we will mention the disagreement when we see one. Drivers do not need a second, invisible authority in the corner of the glass.
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