Reply to: Enterprise car is speed limited

[stek]

I have.

Don't drive in Wales...

That's where I got mine (first one) - Swansea, whilst working for DVLA, Sunday morning too....

[SueEllen]

I've not seen anyone get points for 34 in a 30 yet.

I have.

Don't drive in Wales...

[stek]

Ah yes the 'course'. The point of which is that you were not 'done' and your generous donation to the Council/ACPO xmas ball was gratefully received.

I've not seen anyone get points for 34 in a 30 yet.
You were unlucky on the 81 charge, most Traffic would tend to ignore that unless you were being a nob.

Havent got the NIP's anymore, they've dropped off my licence now anyway. Re: the 81, I remember it well, deffo not driving like a knob, plenty of other cars streaming past me at 90-ish, so I was extremely surprised to get that one, unless the camera guy was in a mood and nabbing everyone.

They were all camera vans I assume not the the big yellow ones (GATSO's?) and I never saw any of them!

Prior to that I got the dreaded double flash near Jnct 44 M6 - roadworks, 40 limit instead of the usual 50 back then, nothing every happened, guess there was no film in it, and same on Sheffield Parkway, I had to accelerate to avoid someone who'd pulled right in front of me, got a letter in post saying I was doing 48 in a 40 but no further action, reckon they hadn't got a clear pic cos I'd gone round the other car...

Two bus lane penalties and that's the sum total of my driving transgressions!

[NigelJK]

Ah yes the 'course'. The point of which is that you were not 'done' and your generous donation to the Council/ACPO xmas ball was gratefully received.

I've not seen anyone get points for 34 in a 30 yet.
You were unlucky on the 81 charge, most Traffic would tend to ignore that unless you were being a nob.

[stek]

Although it is at the discretion, you do realise that it's their own (privately owned) association?

If you'd like to post the poof of that on Pepipoo I'd appreciate it. It's done the rounds several times and no one has yet posted proof, despite plenty of plod bashing going on.

I don't have proof, just what the lady said on the SAC in Huby, near York, it was sometime ago too, I remember I was really late for the course, had to drive like the clappers to get there. I got the SAC for doing 81mph on the motorway, bad period for me, three speeding tickets in 6 months after none for the previous 30-odd years. And I was working for the DVLA in Swansea at the time!

[NigelJK]

Explains why I got done for 34 in a 30 - twice....

Although it is at the discretion, you do realise that it's their own (privately owned) association?

If you'd like to post the poof of that on Pepipoo I'd appreciate it. It's done the rounds several times and no one has yet posted proof, despite plenty of plod bashing going on.

[SueEllen]

At my SAC the woman said the 2mph is at the discretion of the Chief Constable and they've been told not to exercise it said discretion.

Explains why I got done for 34 in a 30 - twice....

The discretion is based on who you are likely to hit.

In a built up area you are more likely to hit a vulnerable road user than on a motorway.

Hence I've never been done doing 78 on a motorway and have been alongside police and had radar guns pointed at me. However I know to be careful on dual carriageways that are national speed limit....

[SimonMac]

And ACPO guidelines are limit + 10% + 2mph so in a 70 it's 77mph before plod get interested.

The clue is on the detail, guidelines, not hard and fast rules

[stek]

And ACPO guidelines are limit + 10% + 2mph so in a 70 it's 77mph before plod get interested.

At my SAC the woman said the 2mph is at the discretion of the Chief Constable and they've been told not to exercise it said discretion.

Explains why I got done for 34 in a 30 - twice....

[NigelJK]

And ACPO guidelines are limit + 10% + 2mph so in a 70 it's 77mph before plod get interested.

[d000hg]

Or bring your own, bigger wheels/tyres and swap them on.

[WTFH]

What tune?

The tune of a few PSI.


And for the less technical:
Higher pressure = more likely a bigger radius, bigger radius = longer distance per revolution. Car speed is measured by revolutions.




As for the oft-misquoted 10%, the actual law is:
A speedo must never show less than the actual speed, and must never show more than 110% of actual speed + 6.25mph.

[d000hg]

Limited to 70? That's dangerous. It could block you in the middle of an overtake or emergency manoeuvre. You might have to do marginallly more than 70 when overtaking on the motorway, to be safe. Plod wouldn't pull you for that.

Sure. And you fell on the pepper grinder in a rush to donate to Sport Relief.

[unixman]

Limited to 70? That's dangerous. It could block you in the middle of an overtake or emergency manoeuvre. You might have to do marginallly more than 70 when overtaking on the motorway, to be safe. Plod wouldn't pull you for that.

[CoolCat]

Not quite a Ferrari but this should meet you specification and get the OP to his destination a bit faster
The car belongs to Dreadnought garage in Scotland and has a Kenne Bell blower under the bonnet.
They used it as a development platform for MGR before they went tits up in 2005

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFNkrwRmba8

Surely the local 6th form know how to hack these keys