

| Subject: | Re: Speedo calibration |
| From: | Victor Montgomery |
| Date: | Mon, 17 Aug 1998 21:45:33 EDT |
I cannot believe Todd Last's comment regarding the 5% planned speedometer error for DOT regs in the US. All police speedometers are required to "certified" as to accuracy and regular speedometers are engineered to be accruate at the time of manufacture. Victor... Deutsch Amerikanischer Polizei Verband >On Wed, 1998-08-12 02:08:15 -0700, Todd Last wrote: > >> If you look in the Bently manual it states (somewhere) that the speedo is purposly set to read about 5% below actual speed in order to meet us DOT laws.<< BELOW?? That's interesting. In Germany speedos are required to_exaggerate_ your speed so nobody controlled by radar could claim it wasonly because of the speedo ... _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
Have something to add on this topic today? Revive this thread in the forum »