Possible speeding charge imminent ?

DoaM

In other words you agree with what Ditzy said, except she stated under-reading rather than over-reading.

Car_54

Ditzy_Mitzy said:

I can't imagine this will go anywhere. It's probable, given that the speedometer in the car was likely to have been under-reading at the time, that the car was over the limit but below the threshold to make it worth bothering about - say 34 or 35 mph. The policeman was probably just indicating that he knew the car was going too fast and the driver ought to slow down. If the police wanted to have set up a proper speed trap with a mobile photographic camera, they would have done so. 

35 mph is exactly the point at which it becomes "worth bothering about".

How is a couple of officers with a speedmeter not a "proper" speed trap? I've been caught twice by just such an arrangement.

shaun_from_Africa

DoaM said:

In other words you agree with what Ditzy said, except she stated under-reading rather than over-reading.

Yes but when discussing anything with a legal standing (such as the permissible accuracy of a speedo), it's best to get it correct and if not, then provided it's done politely, I don't see anything wrong in pointing out the error.

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Ditzy_Mitzy

shaun_from_Africa said:

DoaM said:

In other words you agree with what Ditzy said, except she stated under-reading rather than over-reading.

Yes but when discussing anything with a legal standing (such as the permissible accuracy of a speedo), it's best to get it correct and if not, then provided it's done politely, I don't see anything wrong in pointing out the error.

Sorry - I meant over-reading, managed to confuse myself somehow