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- From: bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell)
- Subject: Re: Speeding ticket in OKlahoma --- what's SP8?
- Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 07:31:57 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.073157.14819@Celestial.COM>
- References: <90451@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM> <1993Jan19.175844.6852@news.mentorg.com> <rotheroe.727653014@convex.com> <1993Jan22.035210.13463@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- In <1993Jan22.035210.13463@leland.Stanford.EDU> tedebear@leland.Stanford.EDU (Theodore Chen) writes:
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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.
-
- Another factor is the number of significant digits of accuracy.
- The typical automotive speedometer is pretty coarse, particularly
- compared to the digital readout on a radar unit. There are quite
- a few other factors such as tire size and pressure which can have
- an effect on the speedometer reading.
-
- Of course we can't expect anyone who watches pro football to
- understand measurment accuracy. I always find it amusing to have
- them measure downs to inches when the placement of the ball is
- probably accurate to the nearest yard :-).
-
- Bill
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