14-05-2021, 08:36 PM
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Re: Help for speeding.
Originally Posted by d00d
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I was just accelerating off a roundabout on the B road out of town, I could have been scammed, I don't know.I can tell you about some notorious money grabbing situations here in London. They must make £10K's everyday, even from people that are familiar with the road. For example: turning right at box junctions where you can't see if your exit is clear or not; you take your chances or get nowhere causing gridlock.
I'm not at all surprised at that.
14-05-2021, 09:58 PM
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Re: Help for speeding.
Originally Posted by d00d
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I can tell you about some notorious money grabbing situations here in London. They must make £10K's everyday, even from people that are familiar with the road. For example: turning right at box junctions where you can't see if your exit is clear or not; you take your chances or get nowhere causing gridlock.
Source: www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk
15-05-2021, 04:44 AM
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Re: Help for speeding.
Originally Posted by carol
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I wish I had cruise control - is it possible to have it fitted?I went out with my daughter yesterday in her new Mini Cooper. She was using the cruise control - also it's automatic so she sat there with her feet doing nothing at all. It fascinated me.
A different way of driving eh?
Personally I use cruise control as an accelerator too so I keep my foot over the brake. (My car is an auto)
15-05-2021, 07:27 AM
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Re: Help for speeding.
Originally Posted by Bathsheba
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"You MUST NOT enter the box until your exit road or lane is clear. However, you may enter the box and wait when you want to turn right, and are only stopped from doing so by oncoming traffic, or by other vehicles waiting to turn right." Source: www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk
15-05-2021, 08:28 AM
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Re: Help for speeding.
Originally Posted by d00d
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Yep, sounds simple enough. But there are situations where a junction is staggered, the oncoming traffic is nose-to-tail lorries and busses and you can't see if your exit road is clear until after you have entered the box. It only takes a split second to get a lovely photo of you behind the wheel in the box after the lights have changed. And it can only takes a split second for you to be out of the box again. But they've got you.
Yes, I can believe that, the sneaky bastards. I remember reading about a fellow who had stopped at a red light when an ambulance came up behind, all blues and twos, so he carefully drove through the red light and up onto the pavement to allow it past (he didn't actually cross the junction). He was caught on camera and fined, and even lost on appeal when he explained the situation
15-05-2021, 10:24 AM
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Re: Help for speeding.
Cars speedometers overead by a few mph, that’s why most police forces allow 10% + 2mph, so if you are caught a 36 in a 30, you have exceeded the limit by 1mph, as for the road angel, these are usually for speed camera detection, both fixed and mobile, a subscription is usually required so these devices can be updated as camera locations are added/ removed, you don’t have to have a subscription, I had something similar but these units give lots of false readings, automatic doors set them off frequently so , unless you do lots of mileage they are probably not worth it, sat navy’s have built in gps and are very accurate so long as you are getting a signal, some dash cams have built in speed limit warnings, my car has traffic sign recognition with speed limiter so adjusts the speed accordingly, all new cars will have to have this as standard in the next couple of years..15-05-2021, 07:42 PM
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Re: Help for speeding.
Originally Posted by Bruce
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Car speedos are designed to read low it is in the car design rules, your sat nav is far more accurate. I always set my cruise control to 98kph according to my sat nav (for 100kph limit) which is about 105kph according to my speedo
This is the Australian design rules but these were made to conform with European rules probably applied years before.
From July 1 2006 a new standard began its phase in and by 1 July 2007 all new vehicles had to comply. 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.
Odometer accuracy is no longer defined.
What this means:
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.
The speedo must always read 'safe', meaning the vehicle must not travel faster than the speed indicated by the speedo.
15-05-2021, 08:57 PM
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Re: Help for speeding.
Originally Posted by Bathsheba
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Yes, I can believe that, the sneaky bastards. I remember reading about a fellow who had stopped at a red light when an ambulance came up behind, all blues and twos, so he carefully drove through the red light and up onto the pavement to allow it past (he didn't actually cross the junction). He was caught on camera and fined, and even lost on appeal when he explained the situation
I suppose the person who made that decision would have preferred him to remain exactly where he was and risk the patient in the ambulance dying.
Perhaps one day that same person might be in an ambulance in a similar situation. Poetic justice!
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