Beep Away the Speed Limit sign warning?

[DPBlessing]

Yes, I am new.
No, I am not affiliated with Beep Away.

As I consider buying a 2026 (with the nanny features), the one feature that will stop me from buying the car is the speed limit sign sensor beeping.
Yes, you can disable it at every start by wading 3 to 4 layers deep in the touchscreen...But...
Having had a stroke a few years ago, I cannot type with my right hand (shaky fingers) nor accurately hit touchscreen buttons.
So, while reading about this feature, I stumbled across a company online called Beep Away that provides codes to flash onto a USB drive that, they say, turns off the sound until you unplug the USB.

Note: I am not posting the link because I am new here and unsure of the rules.

Has anyone heard of / used this product?

 

[Foosh]

It's actually only 2 taps to mute the beep, which is easy to live with and not even close to "wading 3 to 4 layers deep." If you forget on start-up, it can be done easily while driving, and as simple as adjusting cabin temp.

1) Tap "Quick Menu" (down arrow at top left of screen), which is always on the native screen
2) Tap Traffic sign recognition, and done.

It's part of the getting to know the car process. Folks, including me, initially found it annoying, but after a couple of hundred miles, it becomes a non-issue.

 

[GusRandall]

No but I picked up mine yesterday. The street sign recognition is the biggest issue. I really like having the car put the speed limit on the dashboard (so I can decide how much faster I want to drive) so I don't wan to turn that off but it seems that setting it to "visual only" doesn't stay in memory. Oddly some other settings (turning off the speed limit changes) do stay in memory so I suspect turning off sign recognition might stay in memory - but like I said, I just want the sound off, not the visual.

Upshot is that I'd be very interested in learning more.

 

[Foosh]

I like retaining the visual-only speed limit warning too, but the "two tap" process I described in post #2 retains that and eliminates the beep.

However, the visual warning is only as good as the number of speed limit signs, since it's a camera reading speed limit signs. Those are often few far between on many roads, particularly secondary rural roads. GPS-based Waze is better for actually telling you what the posted speed limit is at any given spot.

Again, most of the complaints come from folks, like you, who have recently taken delivery, but after learning how simple it is to live with, the complaints usually disappear.

 

[GusRandall]

Yes, 2 taps work - but coming from Porsche, I'm struck by how Lotus' software experience really lags.

Regarding visual warnings - yes, dependent on the number of the speed limit signs BUT once it sees one, it should keep that speed limit on screen until it finds a change, right? So whether 1 per mile or 1 per 10 miles - as long as the speed limit doesn't change in the span, the one sign is still relevant.

I love the car so far. I don't regret my purchase due to minor flaws like this but others may feel differently and thus it is worth sharing.

 

[Foosh]

Check back after you've put 2K miles on the car. I also currently own both a 911 and a C8, and none of the Lotus infotainment differences and driver safety systems are bothersome to me at all.

On every car, there's always something to complain about. On the C8 and 911, some complain about having to change from Tour (Economy) mode to the more "sporty" modes on every restart. It's the same with the "start/stop" feature, that must be turned off on every restart.

 

[MickOpalak]

If I had an Emira I’d climb under the dash, find the electronic module that’s beeps, and disconnect it.

 

[Gears]

If I had an Emira I’d climb under the dash, find the electronic module that’s beeps, and disconnect it.

Yeah, good luck with that.

 

[767Driver]

Not sure if it’s because I live in a pretty rural area without a lot of speed limit signs, but mine quite often displays speed limits sooo far off! It shows numbers/limits of 110, 85 etc. Nowhere near accurate limits of course.

 

[Foosh]

Not sure if it’s because I live in a pretty rural area without a lot of speed limit signs, but mine quite often displays speed limits sooo far off! It shows numbers/limits of 110, 85 etc. Nowhere near accurate limits of course.

Same here, and I also live in a rural area, but 20 miles away from the DC metro. In the areas with few speed limit signs, I see the same crazy numbers (100, 85, etc.), and I suspect those high speed limit numbers appear at a specified interval after the camera has read the last speed limit sign. It's a "time-out" feature that also mutes the dreaded, "beep," except when exceeding those excessively high speeds, which are above any legal US limit. My observations are that the beep only happens when a sign is picked up by the camera, and you're exceeding that particular speed limit.

That's why I rely more on Waze, which I also have muted all the time on the app.

 

[GusRandall]

Check back after you've put 2K miles on the car. I also currently own both a 911 and a C8, and none of the Lotus infotainment differences and driver safety systems are bothersome to me at all.

On every car, there's always something to complain about. On the C8 and 911, some complain about having to change from Tour (Economy) mode to the more "sporty" modes on every restart. It's the same with the "start/stop" feature, that must be turned off on every restart.

There is an easy to install module that solves that. I had it on several of my Porsches.

 

[Foosh]

I know, but stuff like we're talking about here doesn't bother me. If it's a simple 1 or 2 taps to get to the configuration I want, it's a non-issue.