Anyone have any reason to believe 53 model Astra speedo's are reading slow?
I got tugged today in a hired Astra 1.7 CDTI for doing 70 in a 60 zone, I was aware of the police car and was keeping to an indicated 62-63 (straight up!).
I explained that I was aware of him and the speed limit and even told him what side road he'd pulled out of. I offered to let him drive so his colleague could check the indicated speed.
He was good enough to let me go without a ticking off which was appreciated but if you're driving an Astra take care!
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I got tugged today in a hired Astra 1.7 CDTI for doing 70 in a 60 zone, I was aware of the police car and was keeping to an indicated 62-63 (straight up!).
speedo may be more accurate than you think.more than speed limit is a nick 62/63 over limit.see why you was pulled.
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Take your point but he stated I was doing 70 which according to the speedo I was nowhere near.
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Maybe the police car\'s speedo was the one that was inaccurate?
Without trying to turn this thread into a speeding thread (if it does I\'ll move it to the appropriate thread in discussion) IIRC, a police car that follows you and subsequently tries to do you for speeding can only do so if it has a calibrated speedo and documentation to prove it.
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Run it down a measured mile or stick a gps on the dash and test it
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This was a fully marked patrol vehicle so I'm assuming that they would have complied with all the calibration checks.
Given the standard of police servicing against any hire company, my moneys on the Astra being incorrect.
I'd like to think the police have better things to do than stop motorists who aren't exceeding the speed limit (Ducks rapidly!!)
This was intended more as a warning to anyone who hires cars not to assume that the speedo is correct.
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