Seymour said the car in front of him was driving erratically, speeding up and slowing down in the right lane.

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm not sure what standard this refers to, but I dug up this article I remember reading previously (it doesn't appear to be published on the site anymore)

The applicable standard for many vehicles sold in NZ is a European standard that specifies that speedometers must not indicate a speed less than the vehicle’s true speed, or a speed greater than the vehicle’s true speed by an amount of more than 10 percent plus 4 km/h.

If true, that means a speedo is considered legally accurate if it says 114 when you're driving 100, which is a pretty massive difference.

Bigger tyres is a nice workaround, both our cars over read by 4kph so I just do the maths.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    A speedometer that far out is effectively useless, and if I bought a vehicle like that I'd take it up with the dealer.

    So yes, Seymour might not have even been speeding.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    This is one of my pet peeves; this is not the 1950's; we can make speedometers accurate to within 3%....this margin would account for all the vagaries of tire pressure etc.

    Our newest car; pleasantly has a very accurate speedo...

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