Speed tolerance reduced for December and January

[Dave-]

My understanding of GPS units is they store the data automatically but you need a programme for accessing it on your PC.

What sort of programme would that be? a fitness programme? a holiday programme for small children? or the programme for a stage show or event? I'm a little confused as to what you mean here.

Most GPS units these days are programmed with the locations of fixed speed cameras and mine also warns of schools. So if you have a GPS unit there is little excuse for getting pinged.

I set the cruise control by the GPS and it is a bit frustrating to be held up by other traffic, however you have to remember that if their speedo is reading 100km/hr, you have no grounds to criticize. My car is out by 5km/hr at 100, so to remain within the 4km/hr tolerance my speedo can be reading 109. GPS's are very accurate according to tests, so I have no concerns with using its speed reading.

Another interesting thing about using cruise control is that you will gradually pull ahead of other traffic since very few drivers can maintain their speed with any sort of consistency.

The other thing to take into account is the overshoot/undershoot of the control, plus steady state error (if any) as well as the controllers reaction to an impulse input.

This all depends so widely on the type of controller, the age of it, the road, the conditions etc. There is literally a whole industry based on controls. It's fuckin' interesting stuff too.

[kiwi cowboy]

Have they reduced the limits? I thought we had reduced the tolerance.

The limits have always been limits, it's the tolerance that people expect that creates the nause.

Ok bad choice of words ya pedantic bugger.merry christmas

[kiwi cowboy]

Saw him on the teev....the head national traffic doodally for Police is actually a Pom. He looked like an attitude problem waiting for a human to occupy him. Police cap pulled down so only the darkness of his eyes showed - much like a military policeman..or some other arsehole.

Does he sound like a woman when he talks?this was a woman on the radio.

[Zedder]

What sort of programme would that be? a fitness programme? a holiday programme for small children? or the programme for a stage show or event? I'm a little confused as to what you mean here.

I'm always happy to help out:http://www.dailywritingtips.com/get-with-the-programme/

Note the Australian usage, that's where I work sometimes.

[ital916]

What reduction in limit, I saw a cop car going about 110 in an 80 today. Not going anywhere just cruising along. Reduction must only apply to us lesser citizens.

[Zedder]

Don't stress. Nause was more fitting considering the response you got XD

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nause

Interesting.

I see you're consistantly negative repping me. That's sad really, but does confirm what I thought about you originally.

[Akzle]

...the sign where the speed...signs are easily noticable...sign...more signs...

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

I saw the sign and it opened up my mind
And I am happy now living without you
I've left you, ooohhh
I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes I saw the sign
No one's gonna drag you up to get into the light where you belong

[rastuscat]

Maybe he missed the sign where the speed limit lowered. It would not be the first time that has happened to anyone. I have found between Nelson and Motueka on the old back road route the signs are easily noticable
approaching the small settlements but leaving them I never could see the sign for the speed limit going back up. Was a few years ago so they may have more signs now.

Funny double standard. Folk always manage to see the signs allowing them to go faster, but regularly miss yhe ones telling them to go slower.

Donuts.

[Tazz]

Saw one cop by the bridge in Seddon last night and that was it. Saw 10 last time I went during daylight hours. Must of sent them all up North. No complaints Didn't notice traffic going slower but, but there's always someone slower than you anyway.

Still don't agree with the lower tolerance/like to whinge about it , but can't say it's made much of a difference so meh.
Think they put the learner truck drivers on the road during the day though. I've never seen so many that couldn't keep it in their lane on the corners. Glad I was on the bike and not in the car.

[Jantar]

Funny double standard. Folk always manage to see the signs allowing them to go faster, but regularly miss yhe ones telling them to go slower.

Donuts.

I seem to miss them in about equal numbers. I hate to admit it, but I do, at times, find myself aware that the environment has changed, and not sure just what the speed limit is. Usually it it is shortly after entering or leaving a rural locality, so I have to make a judgement call on what I believe it is likely to be. I do like the Queensland method where the is a speed change, the speed limit sign is repeated about 1/2 km after the change.

[TimeOut]

Looking at the Stalker radar specs I see their accuracy is + 1.6 to -3.2kmh stationary and + - 3.2kmh mobile so it would be possible
to get a ticket at 102 kmh if you are unlucky

Ok Assuming this is correct I can understand getting a ticket for 105 even allowing for inaccuracy you're still over 100.

My question is if you get clocked at 112 will they drop it to 109 to get you into the lower $ and points bracket to allow for the inaccuracy

[bluninja]

Slightly off topic...but I saw a TRANZIT bus with the big safety add on the back; "slow down in urban areas" and a speedo indicating 30. The bus is going along an urban street past a few elderly care homes and 2 schools all at 50 ish on my speedo.
I wonder if TRANZIT understand irony?

BTW on the subject of tolerances and speedos....there is an European Union rule about speedos
that requires car manufacturers set up speedos to certain tolerances...section 5.3 is telling

5.3. The speed indicated shall not be less than the true speed of the vehicle. At the test speeds specified in paragraph 5.2.5 above, there shall be the following relationship between the speed displayed (V 1 ) and the true speed (V 2 ).
0 ≤ (V 1 – V 2 ) ≤ 0,1 V 2 + 4 km/h

[Scuba_Steve]

Funny double standard. Folk always manage to see the signs allowing them to go faster, but regularly miss yhe ones telling them to go slower.

Donuts.

Yea but sometimes this can be attributed to the piss poor decisions from the idiots controlling the roads, like when they put the sign right on a corner where only dangerous drivers could see it

[Murray]

What amazes me is the number of times you are in a lower speed zone and you get the open road sign and within 50 mtrs theres a sharp corner! Why not put the open road sign around the corner???

And how come I really struggle to do 100 kms in an hour?? Surely if I only do 80 kms distance in an hour I should be able to tell the police I'm only doing 80 kms an hour??

[Gremlin]

Funny double standard. Folk always manage to see the signs allowing them to go faster, but regularly miss yhe ones telling them to go slower.

Well, one of the interesting things I've noticed, is that the signs for lower speed zones are smaller than for higher speed zones. This seems counter intuitive to me. You're travelling at a higher speed entering a lower speed zone, the sign should be bigger so you have less chance of missing it. What good is a larger sign when you're travelling at a lower speed entering a higher speed zone?

What amazes me is the number of times you are in a lower speed zone and you get the open road sign and within 50 mtrs theres a sharp corner! Why not put the open road sign around the corner???

And how come I really struggle to do 100 kms in an hour?? Surely if I only do 80 kms distance in an hour I should be able to tell the police I'm only doing 80 kms an hour??

Nothing wrong with a 100kph sign before a corner. It simply means you've left a 50kph (or whatever) and there is a higher speed. Doesn't mean you have to aim for that speed by the corner etc. Worse is the habit of merging a passing lane over a crest, corner, or even better, a combination of both.

For long distance travel, averaging more than 80kph hour upon hour is actually hard to do (assuming you're not sitting on SH1), and experienced people know to budget for less. There was this one ride of 1600km where I managed a moving average of 99kph