dean101287
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Was just on my way home form work and noticed a Scamera Van in the layby. The road is 50. Tapped the brakes and looked down and was doing about 55. so tapped the brakes abit harder.
How much do you think the speedo is out on a corsa?
Any advice (apart from dont speed ect...)?
[Edited on 17-07-2008 by dean101287]
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DaveB
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I wouldn't worry.
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dean101287
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do they track you over a distance or as soon as they see you they knwo the speed your doing?
I usually have fairly good reactions when I see one but my mind was elsewhere today.
[Edited on 17-07-2008 by dean101287]
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Pete_vxl
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my speedo is 3mph out according to the speed limit boards
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dean101287
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so what speed can they do you for? i.e is there a tolerance?
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Matt L
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quote:
Originally posted by dean101287
so what speed can they do you for? i.e is there a tolerance?
they can do you for 51mph but normally have a tolerance of 10%+1 iirc
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dean101287
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so 56.. i could be ok then
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aron
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i thought it was 10% +2 tolerance tbh.
making it 57mph max in a 50mph zone.
but as matt says i think they can get done over 51mph.
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Ash_EP3
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt L
quote:
Originally posted by dean101287
so what speed can they do you for? i.e is there a tolerance?
they can do you for 51mph but normally have a tolerance of 10%+1 iirc
10% + 2 actually 
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Ste L
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tolerance mean's fuck all, if the copper's not made target yet though 
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by Pete_macari
my speedo is 3mph out according to the speed limit boards
These will be even further out than your speedo.
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smcGSI16V
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Thay generally get you when they see you, not you seeing them; usually its to late by then.
Scamera vans iirc work on tighter speed restrictions compared to fixed cameras so they can easily do you for 52mph in a 50mph one, at the end of the day its what the individual pig sets the machine at.
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luke85
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I thought the tolerance was different according to which police force it is, Pretty sure up here its 10% +2 but other forces might be different
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GT190
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my speeo is like 1mph out according to my gps
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by GT190
my speeo is like 1mph out according to my gps
not all the way around though. the faster you're going, the more your speedo will be out.
at 30mph mines dead on, at 40mph it's 1mph out, at 70 is 4mph out.
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av it
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size of wheels will make a difference
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Daveskater
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According to our GPS mine's 4mph out, but so's my dad, so the GPS is just terrible in that sense tbh haha.
The one in the work van is cable driven and all messed up so reads about 5mph more than what you're doing, and jiggles about  Only temporary van though 
Edit - on topic - iirc those vans can pick you up from 1km away, so by the time you see them, it's so late you'd have to reverse time to get away with it.
[Edited on 17-07-2008 by Daveskater]
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Bonney
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think it varies car to car.
A lad i know had one of them speed limit signs flashing up at 20mph in the red, he was on his bike at the time, giving it some
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Look, whats done is done. If you've been doen, you'll hear about it. It's not the end of the world is sooooooooooo, only 3 points 
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xa0s
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I indicated 57mph in my Corsa when I was doing 50mph (GPS).
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vinnyvangough
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My speedo is spot on according to sat nav and gps
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