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Teds new project a CB500 K1 mostly version 0.5 circa 1972.
Bryanj:
C&U regs have been changed, or at least thats what they told me on my naughty boys course.
Used to be +or- 10% of actual speed but now is +0 to -10%.
Trucks with tachograph have to be within 2kph at anything over 20kph, which aint gonna happen when tyre wear can be 15mm
Laverdaroo:
Well, I'm not having sense of humour failure about it just yet, I'll wait to see what the score is once I get home. I always go by the sat nav as surely being satalite monitored, info fed you woukd think it more accurate than a 15 year old VW T5 speedo? Accurate....Atomic clocks and gps ppositioning etc?.....No? OK then ::)
We'll see; like I say hopefully they'll take pity and let me sit through a day of dull slides, condesending lecturers and no fag breaks for the sum of £90 or whatever it is now. ;D
More than likely it'll be two months in a Gulag, a grand fine and a public stoning because Im not a convicted menace to society. ;D
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Bryanj on October 15, 2022, 05:41:16 PM ---C&U regs have been changed, or at least thats what they told me on my naughty boys course.
Used to be +or- 10% of actual speed but now is +0 to -10%.
Trucks with tachograph have to be within 2kph at anything over 20kph, which aint gonna happen when tyre wear can be 15mm
--- End quote ---
The law makes it a clear as mud (see below) - when I last workded in Police Prosecutions in 1990 we worked on the 10% rule - then ACPO said differently on policy introducing zero tollerance via the back door. In reality most prosecutions ignored the ACPO decision & worked on the old 10% figure. This avoided arguments over older cars that had speedometers that complied with previous Con & Use Regs.
Thing is if you pay the fixed penalty then the legality of speeding is never verified as you have admitted the offence when you pay the ticket or accept a Speed awareness course. It's not until until you engage the services of a Mr Loophole and plead not guilty at the Magistrates court that the truth emerges.
United Kingdom
The amended Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 permits the use of speedometers that meet either the requirements of EC Council Directive 75/443 (as amended by Directive 97/39) or UNECE Regulation 39.[17]
The Motor Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2001[18] permits single vehicles to be approved. As with the UNECE regulation and the EC Directives, the speedometer must never show an indicated speed less than the actual speed. However, it differs slightly from them in specifying that for all actual speeds between 25 mph and 70 mph (or the vehicles' maximum speed if it is lower than this), the indicated speed must not exceed 110% of the actual speed, plus 6.25 mph.
For example, if the vehicle is actually traveling at 50 mph, the speedometer must not show more than 61.25 mph or less than 50 mph.
Laverdaroo:
Aparently in the print at the bottom, it reads that if you want to contest it its Crown Court only and the cost deters most i should think. Ive done it, hands up, just dont ban me cos Im lovely really and need to ride my bike as it's a soul restorative measure against the brain addling condition I suffer with my diabetes.
Aoooooooouuuuuuwww,my diabetes! ::) ;D
(insert small, angelic, cherub looking remorseful etc etc
Nurse Julie:
--- Quote from: Laverdaroo on October 15, 2022, 07:05:47 PM ---
(insert small, angelic, cherub looking remorseful etc etc
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