Why a margin for error factor? Because the variation in the tire pressure from hot summer to winter cold snap (I've seen 100 degree difference in 1 day) can change the speedometer reading to actual speed over ground by 10%.
A cop won't bother pulling over anyone for just 2 kph, or mph, because they are instructed to stop people speeding in the higher fine brackets. Like 10 to 15 mph over, when the fine doubles.
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Oh it gets worse than that in Australia. In some states, like Victoria, they have point to point cameras which take a photo of your registration at various points on the roads. If the Government calculates that you passed between those points faster than you would have had you been doing the speed limit, they send you a fine. Speed kills! is the cry.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, in the Northern Territory (a relatively sparsely populated area with mostly desert in the mid-northern part of Australia, they have some roads which have NO speed limit. Around ten years ago they decided to impose a speed limit and the number of people killed in accidents on the road INCREASED! So they removed the speed limit again and fatalities on the roads plummeted.
govt bureaucrats screw up everything. Thanks for the insights though!
DeleteIt'd be great if they didn't stop for the lower speeds, because that would make sense, but they do. The main point though it that the place is swarming with cameras and they don't use discretion at all. I freak out whenever I go back and drive as I'm now used to the more sensible European take on it
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