Speedo Accuracy

[Glen]

The Aus standard for speed measuring devices apparently allows for a 10% discrepancy either way, which I think is why you get some buffer on radar detected speeding offences also.

do NOT try that in Victoria
its one of our big beefs with 'greed' cameras

here....
do more than 62 in a sixty zone....and you contribute $125
to the Victorian Treasury
and when you approach 100..don't even think about a 10% variance
103 will have you contributing

Geez that's harsh. Up here at least they allow a buffer although you won't find any official confirmation. Surely you could argue the 10% allowable variance in the standard although you'd have to spend the dough to take it to court.

[Glen]

also explains why i've gone past many many cameras dead "on" or just over the limit and never ever been gotten, i was still UNDER the limit *grin*.

It's OK Mike. You've got speed credits now. Next time you get done just explain how many km/h's you've accumulated under the limit and how you were just using them up. I'm sure they'll let you off

[plane]

I've a pushbike speedo on my bike and it reads 10% (approx) lower than the bike's speedo.
My car speedo is only out by about 1%
Cheers,
Pete

[Smitty]

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Geez that's harsh. Up here at least they allow a buffer although you won't find any official confirmation. Surely you could argue the 10% allowable variance in the standard although you'd have to spend the dough to take it to court.

nup
been tried in court..and they lost

the 3% tolerance is there to allow for a 'slight' inaccuracy with the
camera software..that is the camera cannot be spot on
so they allow this 3% MAX upper limit

what pisses me (and thousands of mexicans) off is that the car/bike
I have only needs a speedo to within 10%+/- of the actual ..to be legal
under the ADRs governing cars
The Vic govt sez stiff....our allowance is no more than 3%
so go slow

[ZZRCHIKKY]

ur spedo is fast its jsut like ahving ur clock fast , ull never be late, this way ull never be court speeding