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- From: tedebear@leland.Stanford.EDU (Theodore Chen)
- Subject: Re: Speeding ticket in OKlahoma --- what's SP8?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.035210.13463@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- References: <90451@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM> <1993Jan19.175844.6852@news.mentorg.com> <rotheroe.727653014@convex.com>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 03:52:10 GMT
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- In article <rotheroe.727653014@convex.com> rotheroe@convex.com (Dave Rotheroe) writes:
- >>4 mph in 65 mph is a quite small percantage.
- >>Remember that if the police use radar, they just CANNOT work on the minimum
- >>accuracy of their speedo/radar - they HAVE to add in the maximum tolerance
- >>on your speedo:
- >
- >> Example: My speedo says 65. It has +/- 4% accuracy, and
- >> actually reads 4% low. My real speed is therefore 67.6 mph.
- >
- >But you are actually seeding. Technically, ignorance of the law is no excuse.
-
- this is a mistake of fact, not ignorance of the law.
- and mistake of fact *can* be an excuse. in this case,
- though, the law may hold the owner responsible for the
- accuracy of his speedometer.
-
- -teddy
-