There's usually an explanation for everything, come on.
Dom
Hahah, it's usually 5 above or below on normal days, i manage fine though tbh, the plus or minus ten was a one off and has never happened since
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Hahah, it's usually 5 above or below on normal days, i manage fine though tbh, the plus or minus ten was a one off and has never happened since
The data I am working from is based on a working standard speedo, if yours is faulty/playing up then it may be worth getting it sorted/replaced because there is no point in driving around paranoid.
How would you get done though?
If your speedo reads 70 and the signs say 70 then you will not get done.
If plod were to pull you & claimed you were driving much faster, an independant verification would show that the speedo on your car was either wayward or accurate - and if your speedo happened to be lazy - how can you get done for this since you would have no way of knowing?
Dunno sorry better safe than sorry
This is laughable!
That would be not exceeding the speed limit then, no need to do 10mph less through a speed camera.
If you think your car is over reading my 10mph at 70 then why do you think it's ok to drive a that indicated speed except through cameras?
That would be not exceeding the speed limit then, no need to do 10mph less through a speed camera.
If you think your car is over reading my 10mph at 70 then why do you think it's ok to drive a that indicated speed except through cameras?
Cos I'm boy racer gotta top a tonne on them motorways
I slow down for all cameras, who doesn't, it's not worth the risk, 3 points and I'd be un insurable
Satnaved mine at 40mph and it shows 36mph, more than safe.
Get court doing a ton and bye bye licence for a while 7-56 days never mind uninsurable. But you could end up with 6 points for your trouble.
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Causing an accident by erratic driving will get you 6 points very quickly. Then you'd be taking your test again after your ban expired.
There's a longish stretch of average cameras on my commute, 60mph, I can get through at 65 on the speedo since it overreads so I'm still doing a true 59/60. However I've still had people up my arse, some are lucky and turn off once they've only passed a single camera so tend to ignore the limit.
Edit: even when I had 14"s on the Speedo was a lot more accurate but still under read 2/3mph
Edit: even when I had 14"s on the Speedo was a lot more accurate but still under read 2/3mph
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Slightly off topic but I have a question!
Does a gatso style camera still work if there is no white measurement lines on the road? As in when the road has been resurfaced and yet to be repainted? Are the lines on the road the only method of calculating speed?
Does a gatso style camera still work if there is no white measurement lines on the road? As in when the road has been resurfaced and yet to be repainted? Are the lines on the road the only method of calculating speed?
Will still work lines or no lines, lines on road are only secondary check markings.
The camera itself doesn't use the lines - as MEP said, it's for secondary verification
As far as I understand the white lines calibrate that the cameras speed checker works properly, as they are prone to be unreliable. If you were to get caught without white lines how would they verify that the camera itself was accurate? Or would that be a loop hole to get out of it?
I've heard a couple of cases where upon inspection of the photo it was found that the car wasn't speeding. Think one was in Holland...a flying duck had triggered the camera.
In another (British) case, a chap managed to prove he wasn't speeding by doing speed, distance, time using the lines. And I also remember one chap who ended up getting his car tested on a rolling road to prove that it couldn't reach the speed he'd been clocked at.
These were a few years ago, and I can't remember much more about them
Potentially, it used to be, not sure if things have changed though, as Truvelo's (SP?) don't (and never have) had secondary check lines for example.
Thanks for telling me erratic driving will get me points :s
I didn't know that, how will I ever drive again
You're the one braking for no reason
