In the UK you’re allowed 10% (and I think +2mph) due to car speedo’s not being 100% accurate.
Comment on Emma Watson banned from driving for speeding
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 5 days agoThe amount you are allowed to drive over the speed limit is in fact 0mph (0 km/h for us Europeans).
Tolerance of violations of this is a sign of a deeply broken society
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 4 days ago
cynar@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It’s actually not law, just custom. Most/all speedometers over estimate for this reason.
The motorway cameras, near Birmingham have been known to issue tickets for doing 71mph.
Akrenion@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
This is different in Germany but we learn about tolerance in driving school. Your speedometer can be wrong by about 10% and speed guns can also have errors. A good system accounts for unintentional speeding.
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
Speedometers are not allowed to display a lower speed than the vehicle is running at all under EU regulation - see eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=… § 5.3
Displaying a speed slightly higher than actual speed is common and an acceptable margin of safety, such that if you are driving at the speed that the speedometer shows, you are more or less guaranteed to not exceed the speed limit.