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Milo
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 Posted: 18:06 - 16 Sep 2006  Post subject: Police vans...now with calibrated speedo's! Well, maybe... |
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I overtook one earlier, which was doing the speed limit and have never had any problems before - I'm always very careful, totally safe and considerate and stupidly don't speed away when overtaking them but today I was pulled over for the very first time.
I've never worried too much before about the police minibus/van things on the road as they don't have the gubbins to prove speeding offences, so with my calm recollections of The Drivers Survival Handbook I didn't give them any verbal evidence to use against me that I was speeding - even when he mentioned that the van did in fact have a calibrated speedo.
I've no idea if it actually did have a calibrated speedo, or if it was a blag to get me to admit the offence, but I'll certainly be more careful in future around the vans...just in case.
He let me off without a problem, though did point out that my visor didn't have a kite-mark (despite being the original clear one on my KBC) but thankfully didn't notice "not for road use" stamped on the cans...
I know some of you will undoubtedly think I'm a bit of an arse for ever doing it in the first place, and I'd probably think the same if I were in your position but I think a better way of putting it is being more than a bit over complacent.
All the best,
Adam
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| Posted: 21:34 - 16 Sep 2006 Post subject: |
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| Shogun wrote: | An analogue speedo can never be accurate enough. The height of the driver would affect the angle he would be looking at the speedo at! Digital and properly calibrated is a different matter. |
The taller the driver, the further back the seat is likely to be, so working off a principle of similar triangles, the viewing angle would be roughly constant.
Not too sure in vans though, as they're likely to be designed using bloke's anthroprometrics, rather than cars which usually accomodate for people between the 5th and 95th percentile.
I doubt the error would be that significant, but i wonder if it would hold up in court
Even GPS is inaccurate to a certain degree, as it relies on a number of readings from which an average is taken. I think it's only accurate to within 2 or 3 metres.
This is why they won't do you for 3% over the limit or something like, there's too many opportunities for errors to creep in, and if they try to do you for 1mph over the limit in court, the evidence would be too shakey considering the afforementioned sources of error.
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By the looks of that land rover, it wouldn't bother pulling you over - It'd just drive through you... 
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