Following the Highway Code vs Fitting In
Discussion
waremark said:
RegMolehusband said:
The police car was tailgating as a result of his frustration at the driver rigidly sticking to his speedo at 30mph,
How do you know that? Perhaps he was following an unmarked car in close convoy. Or just driving badly. Most explanations would involve the police driver being at fault.During that period I was finding it increasingly difficult to read number plates at night without getting quite close to the car in front. I was a traffic officer at the time and was probably mistaken for a tailgater quite a few times before Specsavers stepped in to restore my following position.
RegMolehusband said:
bmw535i said:
Checks mirror, sees police car, checks speed, speed ok, ah I'll speed up to please him.
Still, much better to receive a fine and points than receiving a Rodney King esque beating at the next traffic lights.
You don't seem to be able to comprehend what I'm saying. The police car was tailgating as a result of his frustration at the driver rigidly sticking to his speedo at 30mph, which was probably 27-28mph in reality. I probably would have done an indicated 33-34.Still, much better to receive a fine and points than receiving a Rodney King esque beating at the next traffic lights.
ORD said:
A speedo on a modern car reading 30mph at a real 27mph? Very unlikely.
Indeed. Get a GPS and check your speedo. Both my cars under-read at 30. Landrover is doing 28 and Porsche 29. I suspect that this will be the case in most cars. I have been in some where 30 is only 27.So Mr Self Righteous going along at a speed 30 " I'm travelling at the speed limit and NO ONE should be going any faster" is quite likely to be wrong.
Edited by Wollemi on Sunday 10th April 13:00
Wollemi said:
Indeed. Get a GPS and check your speedo. Both my cars under-read at 30. Landrover is doing 28 and Porsche 29. I suspect that this will be the case in most cars. I have been in some where 30 is only 27.
So Mr Self Righteous going along at a speed 30 " I'm travelling at the speed limit and NO ONE should be going any faster" is quite likely to be wrong.
I am quite happy for people to go faster than me, they can overtake whenever they like. I would assume that road markings often found in 30mph zones are not a barrier to this as neither is the speed limit.So Mr Self Righteous going along at a speed 30 " I'm travelling at the speed limit and NO ONE should be going any faster" is quite likely to be wrong.
Edited by Wollemi on Sunday 10th April 13:00
You can drive how you like, smugly believing you are getting one over on everyone by using a gps as your speedo. For the sake of 1-2mph, I'd say it probably isn't really worth it.
Wollemi said:
ORD said:
A speedo on a modern car reading 30mph at a real 27mph? Very unlikely.
Indeed. Get a GPS and check your speedo. Both my cars under-read at 30. Landrover is doing 28 and Porsche 29. I suspect that this will be the case in most cars. I have been in some where 30 is only 27.So Mr Self Righteous going along at a speed 30 " I'm travelling at the speed limit and NO ONE should be going any faster" is quite likely to be wrong.
Edited by Wollemi on Sunday 10th April 13:00
I can't ever recall driving something where the speedometer is dead on, and it would be silly for the manufacturers to do it. They always target a little bit above the true reading to make sure that the driver isn't accidentally speeding. There's a reason that the calibrated speedos in police cars need to be regularly calibrated.
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