What do you think of this situation?

[Ex-Soviet]

http://www.speedtrap.org/view/Texas/3274

When someone is driving in a new car just below the speed limit at cruise control and an officer tells them they were driving 12 mph over the cruise control? That's not even possible, is it, now?

What do you guys think of this?

[Iowa #1603]

Unless it was a certified speedometer it very well could be wrong.

Yes it even happens on new cars.


The cruise control only is as good as the components connected to it............one of them is the speedometer.


Yes it is possible.


And of course the posting that you linked could be BS..........................

[Ex-Soviet]

Or it could be a true anecdote of something that actually happened. Or not. We'll never really know.

How does one certify a speedometer?

[Ex-Soviet]

http://www.pntonline.com/opinion/con...ew-ticket.html

Why would speed limits change several times in a short distance? Why not merely keep it uniform across the entire distance and gradually increase or decrease it?

[HI629]

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This can get interesting......

[Bearcat357]

http://www.pntonline.com/opinion/con...ew-ticket.html

Why would speed limits change several times in a short distance? Why not merely keep it uniform across the entire distance and gradually increase or decrease it?

You do realize that the Poo-Leece don't set speed limits.....? In most States, the State Dept of Transportation sets them on major highways..... On City Streets the City sets them......

Either way, we have nothing to do with it ........

[Dingo990]

You are assuming several things.

1. Some random person on a semi-anonymous site is telling the truth.

2. The person operating the car is correct and the officer was wrong.

I wasn't there, so I can't respond to this. This is exactly like someone at a party telling me a story that involves a friend of a friend and asking me to respond.

Also, small towns generally don't have the authority to set the speed limits on a State, US Highway or Interstate Highway.

Speed limits typically drop before city limits on non-access controlled highways for several reasons. The most common being increased traffic and exits (such as gas stations, grocery stores, ect), those create dangerous situations involving traffic attempting to merge

Also, aren't you the one who wanted the US highway system to be more like Germany's?

I know in Germany the speed limit drops drastically once you enter towns and roadways with stoplights, stop signs, business turn offs, ect... and those speed limits are very strictly enforced.

[GIOSTORMUSNRET]

Don't feed the troll. This is the same jackass that thinks speed limits don't apply to him.

[ryker]

Possiblity
Probability


Look them up.

[SgtCHP]

Note to OP: There is no law, Federal, State or local, that requires any vehicle be equipped with a speedometer. It is merely an instrument that is installed by the auto manufacturer to allow a driver to maintain a level and sane control over how fast they drive. If you wish to remain relatively immune from getting a traffic ticket for speeding, take the time to have your speedometer calibrated. Most AAA clubs offer this service to members for free; or non-members for a small stipend. Then you will have a greater ability to maintain safety while operating your motor vehicle.

[PhilipCal]

This total troll is not the least bit interested in safety or consideration of other motorists. He is a totally self absorbed, self entitled,"it's all about me" jerk. He's returned to the forum after a short hiatus. Nothing we can say, individually, or as a forum,has any impression on him. He is a confirmed troll, and a certified idiot. That's on a good day.

[KapsFB]

Don't feed the troll. This is the same jackass that thinks speed limits don't apply to him.

This total troll is not the least bit interested in safety or consideration of other motorists. He is a totally self absorbed, self entitled,"it's all about me" jerk. He's returned to the forum after a short hiatus. Nothing we can say, individually, or as a forum,has any impression on him. He is a confirmed troll, and a certified idiot. That's on a good day.

Ah. A baiter you say. He's good at it. I dare say a 'master baiter'.

[Iowa #1603]

Ah. A baiter you say. He's good at it. I dare say a 'master baiter'.

no

He is a master at nothing...................he is not significant enough to be a master.

[mdrdep]

MOve back to Mother Russia and ask the cops there what you can get away with.

[SRT936]

Note to OP: There is no law, Federal, State or local, that requires any vehicle be equipped with a speedometer. It is merely an instrument that is installed by the auto manufacturer to allow a driver to maintain a level and sane control over how fast they drive. If you wish to remain relatively immune from getting a traffic ticket for speeding, take the time to have your speedometer calibrated. Most AAA clubs offer this service to members for free; or non-members for a small stipend. Then you will have a greater ability to maintain safety while operating your motor vehicle.

Wisconsin requires a speedometer on any vehicle unless said vehicle is a commercial motor vehicle equipped with a tachometer or governor.

Speed indicators. No person shall operate on a highway
any motor vehicle primarily designed for use upon a highway
unless such motor vehicle is equipped with a speedometer which
with reasonable accuracy registers the speed of the vehicle, except
that motor trucks or truck tractors may be equipped with tachometers
or any other devices that indicate speed and motor vehicles
transported pursuant and in compliance with s. 341.47 (1) (b) and
(c) may be equipped with a governor of speed of a type which
restricts speed and which is set at a level equal to or below the limits
of 55 miles per hour in lieu of a speedometer.

As far as the OP is concerned, yea right.