Do you enjoy driving?

[nickso]

a case in point to back up megawatt.

my bmw speedo reads 10% above true speed at all speeds up to 100.

my old mans rangerover reads exactly true speed at all speeds.

hence my bmw will go through speed cameras at exactly 80mph without tripping them. (the extra 1 mph is me pushing it )

 

[Steve]

The point is, Joe, you can drive at exactly 79mph (true calibrated reading) on the motorway and not get done. This is because this is the maximum allowance given for innacuracies in your speedo, which may well say you're travelling at 70mph, at the true above speed. Comprende?

 

[nstreet]

I hate driving behind these idiot who always drive at 15mph less than the speed limit, even though the road infront is always clear. You always at their mercy because you can never get passed because of oncoming traffic

 

[megawatt]

My wife always refers to them as jobsworths ... Now I've educated her.

They are Joebsworths

 

[joe-90]

I know my speedo reads 2 mph faster than it should when I go through one of those advisory signs that you find in villages. If it shows 32mph - then the sign will light up.

So if I am on the motorway I know that if my speedo reads 75mph - then I am travelling at 70mph - which is a speed I am not legally entitled to exceed.
I don't set the limit, that is set by the authorities.

If everyone is following the rules of the road then no-one can legally catch me - so what's the problem? All of those that wish to break the law and travel at a speed deemed unsafe and illegal by the authorities can use the illegal speed lane on the right. So what's the problem? What gives you the right to choose which of the laws you will follow and which you'll ignore? I observe them all - how about you?

 

[Steve]

Joe, I think I speak for all of us when I say

"Shut up and stop babbling on about nothing in particular"

If you dont have a particular point to make, dont post a reply.

 

[securespark]

It makes no difference what the Police think. The maximum speed permitted by law on our roads is 70mph. If it were permissible to travel at 80 mph then the speed limits would show 80mph.

If you were driving in a 30 zone and doing 35 and you struck a child then there would be the much greater likelihood that that child would die. As the TV advert says - IT'S 30 FOR A REASON.

If a pedestrian is struck at 30 mph then 80% will live.

If a pedestrian is stuck at 40 mph - the 80% of them will die.

So where does your 10% rule fit in?

In many cities the limit is to be reduced to 20mph so the authorities clearly disagree with your 10% rule.

Joe. It's NOT my rule. Most of the Constabularies around the country have adopted this "rule" for want of a better word.

They have decided to allow 10% for inaccuracies of speedos and their variation between vehicles.

If councils do reduce inner city limits to 20mph, then the same "rule" will be applied, ie anything over 24mph in a 20 zone will attract attention.

Of course, the signs don't have an asterix next to the number with a disclaimer at the bottom which says,

"MAXIMUM SPEED PERMITTED SUBJECT TO AN ADDITIONAL 10% FOR SPEEDOMETER INACCURACIES PLUS A FURTHER 2 MPH."

But, like it or not, that is how most speed limits are interpreted.

 

[Steve]

I'd still like to know why people see fit to drive past a speed camera in a 50 zone at 40. The 40 zone begins 300 yards down the road, and the camera is surrounded by 50 signs. GET OUT OF MY BLOODY WAY! Its a ferkin dual carriageway and I cant overtake them because theres loads of them in both lanes!

 

[Thermo]

just because it says 50 doesnt mean you have to do it.

 

[joe-90]

Joe, I think I speak for all of us when I say

"Shut up and stop babbling on about nothing in particular"

If you dont have a particular point to make, dont post a reply.

The point I've made is that I am entitled to travel at the speed limit without plonkers flashing lights at me. Live with it.

 

[megawatt]

Keep doing what you think best Joe and you'll probably end up being pulled like the dithering old git I saw.

 

[Softus]

just because it says 50 doesnt mean you have to do it.

But when I was Steve's age I didn't that either.

 

[joe-90]

It makes no difference what the Police think. The maximum speed permitted by law on our roads is 70mph. If it were permissible to travel at 80 mph then the speed limits would show 80mph.

If you were driving in a 30 zone and doing 35 and you struck a child then there would be the much greater likelihood that that child would die. As the TV advert says - IT'S 30 FOR A REASON.

If a pedestrian is struck at 30 mph then 80% will live.

If a pedestrian is stuck at 40 mph - the 80% of them will die.

So where does your 10% rule fit in?

In many cities the limit is to be reduced to 20mph so the authorities clearly disagree with your 10% rule.

Joe. It's NOT my rule. Most of the Constabularies around the country have adopted this "rule" for want of a better word.

They have decided to allow 10% for inaccuracies of speedos and their variation between vehicles.

If councils do reduce inner city limits to 20mph, then the same "rule" will be applied, ie anything over 24mph in a 20 zone will attract attention.

Of course, the signs don't have an asterix next to the number with a disclaimer at the bottom which says,

"MAXIMUM SPEED PERMITTED SUBJECT TO AN ADDITIONAL 10% FOR SPEEDOMETER INACCURACIES PLUS A FURTHER 2 MPH."

But, like it or not, that is how most speed limits are interpreted.

I'm sorry to say that you have just shot down your own argument.

If I travel at 70mph and there is a 10% discrepancy - then I will be travelling at 77mph - which you are adamant is OK.

However, if you travel at what your speedo says is 80mph - then due to the discrepancy you may actually be travelling at 88mph - way above the 70mph limit.

You cannot get away from the fact that the legal limit in this country is 70 mph - and I have every right to adhere to it.

 

[joe-90]

Keep doing what you think best Joe and you'll probably end up being pulled like the dithering old git I saw.

Why? I have every right in law to travel at the speed limit. In fact the law demands that I don't exceed it.

 

[megawatt]

The law also demands that you drive with due care and consideration for other road users and that is why you will be pulled if you have an opportunity to let others pass and don't do so.