national speed limit

tomstickland

Regarding watching the speedo, I find that I can hold a pretty much steady speed when not looking at the speedo, so I just look at it every now and again. Rather like scanning the rear view mirror. I look maybe every 5-10s.

goldspanners

tomstickland wrote: »

Regarding watching the speedo, I find that I can hold a pretty much steady speed when not looking at the speedo, so I just look at it every now and again. Rather like scanning the rear view mirror. I look maybe every 5-10s.

i can keep a steady speed to,but try explaining that to the machine at the side of the road that when you creep over the speed limit a little bit.
there is around 13 fixed cameras on the a90 stretch between aberdeen and dundee, plus 2 traffic cars hidden with the hand held guns and a scamera van. you'll forgive me for being a bit paranoid im sure.

ozvaldinho

70 mph in a car

60 mph in a van (ie not a 'car-derived van)

You were lucky not to get a ticket in your Vito, which is NOT a car-derived van.

2mph more and you'd have been booked for sure.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070304


Hope this helps someone not get busted!

Idiophreak

Have to agree with conor here. If these "other people" don't even know the national speed limit, I shudder to think what other basic things they don't know. Shouldn't be on the road, that simple.

goldspanners

ozvaldinho wrote: »

70 mph in a car

60 mph in a van (ie not a 'car-derived van)

You were lucky not to get a ticket in your Vito, which is NOT a car-derived van.

2mph more and you'd have been booked for sure.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070304


Hope this helps someone not get busted!

i might still get one through the post.
thanks for that.

goldspanners

Idiophreak wrote: »

Have to agree with conor here. If these "other people" don't even know the national speed limit, I shudder to think what other basic things they don't know. Shouldn't be on the road, that simple.

i'll agree one of them is'nt the best of drivers,but the other is a very good professional driver.
i'll let him know he should'nt be on the road.

banger9365

merc vito van = 60MPH not 70mph on dual carridge way with national speed sign,it's a van not a car-derived van.

Conor_3

goldspanners wrote: »

i can keep a steady speed to,but try explaining that to the machine at the side of the road that when you creep over the speed limit a little bit.

8MPH ACTUAL speed on a DC dual carriageway is not a little bit. Factor in the overreading up to 10% that most car speedos do and you could have to be going faster than 85 on your speedo to trigger a GATSO on a NSL dual carriageway. Likewise the same applying to a NSL single carriageway could mean your speedo would have to read in excess of 73MPH to trigger it - both which you'd hardly call "a little bit" the 60MPH reading on the speedo.

Conor_3

goldspanners wrote: »

i should have put in my original post that conor need NOT reply to this.

What's the matter, don't you like the truth?

goldspanners

Conor wrote: »

8MPH ACTUAL speed on a DC dual carriageway is not a little bit. Factor in the overreading up to 10% that most car speedos do and you could have to be going faster than 85 on your speedo to trigger a GATSO on a NSL dual carriageway. Likewise the same applying to a NSL single carriageway could mean your speedo would have to read in excess of 73MPH to trigger it - both which you'd hardly call "a little bit" the 60MPH reading on the speedo.

it wasnt the gatso cameras im worried about,i passed evey one of them without them flashing, i passed them all at either 60 or 65.
its was the roadside speed traps,the police with the hand held devices that concerned me. i passed one at 60 but i passed the other closer to 70.