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Old 11-12-2014, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by memason View Post
I believe a small variance over the speed limit is normal for most police officers.

A speedometer is a mechanical device that has some amount of error. That error is probably linear, if your speedometer is off by 2 mph at 30 mph, it might be off by 5 or 6 mph at 60 mph and above.

In my car, the error is actually under, so at 70mph, I'm actually doing about 67 or so.
On my current car (2014 Saburu Outback AWD) the variance is 2 mph- linear. EX. reads 40 - actual 38.
It has been the same on at least my last 5 new cars, Japanese, Korean, and Lincoln Navigator.
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