Re: How To Avoid Speeding Fines.
Originally Posted by
rhosyn
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1. Look closely at the signs that show you the speed limit.The number is the maximum speed you travel.
2. Locate your car's speedometer.It's normally found in front of the driver's seat on the dashboard.It has an arrow pointing to the number that reflects the car's speed.On newer cars the speed is sometimes displayed digitally.
3. The last point is also the hardest.Adjust your speed according to the number shown on the road sign.The police cannot fine you if you do not drive over this number.
Best of all if you stick to it you'll never have to pay a speeding fine ever again.Even better the road will become much safer for everyone.
The problem is that your speedometer is designed to be inaccurate; in fact it is never displaying the correct speed unless the car is stationary.
Prior to 2006 the speedo had to be accurate to +-10% but after that date the rule was changed. The new standard requires that:
The speedo must not indicate a speed less than the vehicle’s true speed or a speed greater than the vehicle’s true speed by an amount more than 10 percent plus 4 km/h. For a vehicle travelling at a true speed of 100km/h, the speedo must read between 100km/h and 114km/h.
The effect of this is that many drivers will find that at 100km/h they are driving up to 14km/h below the speed limit if they rely on the vehicle’s speedo. Remember car manufacturers will naturally err on the side of (their) safety to apply the rules.
As someone else pointed out use the speed on your satnav (on the flat) to indicate your true speed.
These figures are Australian design rules but we copy the rules from elsewhere (usually Europe but sometimes the USA and usually several years later) so you can be pretty sure they apply to the UK as well.