desertman wrote:
I was trundling down the road at what I clocked as 42mph in a 40mph zone and got flashed by a speed camera - got a letter through this morning. I thought there was a 10% tolerance on being over the speed limit - is there anything I can do to appeal it or anything? Really annoyed!
There is usually (but not always) a 10%+2 allowance before enforcement commences.
How do you know you were doing 42?
- If by speedo: could it be faulty? Due to design tolerances and mechanical wear and drift, speedos are setup to overstate the actual travel speed (to be on the 'safe' side, for licence and liability). However, I have driven a car which has a speedo that underreads by about 10% (displayed 30 when doing a genuine 34).
- If you were using a GPS: could it have had a funny moment, or were you going around a bend at the time?