kmh speedos illegal in the uk?

[Pol Anorl]

just watching a vid that was posted erlier on bbc1 the bloke says he got stopped and his speedo was ilegal the bloke interviewing him says the same

https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2008/11/direct_bikes.html
skip to 5:30.

is this true or utter shite?
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It's not checked in the MOT, I think the copper is just talking out of his arse.

[defblade]

I had a LHD classic car with only kmh on the speedo, and a big pile of MOTs, so can't believe there's a problem.
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[Tenantry13]

My mate had to swap his speedo over with one of his other bikes when he registered his imported bike with the dvla to get his reg for the UK. Then swapped it back when he got his reg.

[Pol Anorl]

just police being nobbers as usual then, was curious because he said it was illegal, the bros which i owned was in kmh and there pretty much all in kmh..
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Construction & Use Regs say

Speedometers

35.—(1) Save as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), every motor vehicle shall be fitted with a speedometer which, if the vehicle is first used on or after 1st April 1984, shall be capable of indicating speed in both miles per hour and kilometres per hour, either simultaneously or, by the operation of a switch, separately.

It looks like just kph might be illegal if you can't change it between kph and mph, or display both at the same time.

[weasley]

^^^Zackly^^^

The MoT doesn't currently cover the speedo at all, so it won't get picked up there, but that doesn't make it OK.
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[ws4936]

There is a difference between a stack of/got an mot, and illegal.
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[Paulington]

I'd hazard a guess that if a speedometer is fitted to your vehicle it must be capable of displaying the speed in both miles per hour and kilometres per hour. Even if you put a sticker over the dial on the cover, that will do.

Officer was right I guess, if he were to serve you an FPN for it I guess it'd come under either CU20 or MS60? They seem to fit the best IF it is an endorsable offence?

This is on vehicles first used on or after 1st of April 1984 apparently, following on from Joe's post.

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Well fuck, I was wrong!

https://www.examiner.com/images/blog/replicate/EXID15166/images/the_more_you_know2(1).jpg

[andy-b]

I have a Jap import van and that had to have the speedo converted to mph before it was registered / checked.

The little Chinese 125 I have just bought has kph in big numbers and the tiniest sized numbers for mph you have ever seen. I just have to guess the speed.


Andy
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[Walloper]

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[Boydy]

Yeah you have to be able to read it in MPH. The simplest way is just to get some stickers.
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