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It's very very accurate in terms of camera placements.
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That's 40 tonnes, going down a steepish hill in a 20mph limit into a blind bend with shops and a school, and they do it with impunity all day.
If a car speedo is showing 50mph, it's probably only doing 45-47mph.
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As a result, when you take account of speedo over-read and the likely 10% minimum that the cameras are set up to allow you to speed without enforcement (though there is no legal requirement to do this, a police officer can nick you for 31 in a 30 if they feel it is appropriate) you usually have to be properly speeding to get nicked.
e.g. If the camera allows a 10% + 2mph allowance, plus your over-reading speedo of say 3mph, then your speedo in car would be saying 38mph before you get nicked in a 30. Allow for a bit of reduction when you see the speed trap and slow down, and most people nicked in a 30 (most not ALL) were happily driving around at 40mph from their POV.
For balance, I've seen some very unfair speed traps - in one village near me, a van parked up right next to the national speed limit sign, so people casually accelerating as they pass the sign could easily be nicked, after going long past the nearby school that is the reason for the speed trap - YMMV though.
Another vote for downloading Waze BTW - very fine app and you can use it's speedo function to help avoid speeding.
A side note - newer speedos are very accurate, Waze typically reports about 0.5 to 1 mph slower than my car's speedo at all speeds!
So you could never be going faster than the speedo says.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/regulation/35/made
- A vehicle having a maximum speed not exceeding 25 mph
- A vehicle which, at all times, is unlawful to drive at more than 25 mph
- An agricultural motor vehicle driven at not more than 20 mph
- A motorcycle not exceeding 100cc first used before 1st April 1984,
- An invalid carriage first used before 1st April 1984,
- A works truck first used before 1st April 1984,
- Any vehicle first used before 1st October 1937,
- A vehicle fitted with an approved tachograph which is required or not
For vehicles first used on or after 1st April 1984 the speedometer should be capable of indicating the speed in miles per hour and kilometres per hour. Vehicles may instead comply with EC Regulation (Community Directive) 97/39 or ECE Reg 39.
These directives stipulate the markings, graduations of the speedometer and refer to 75/443/EEC which specifies the tolerances.
The indicated speed must never be less than the true speed (it must read exact or high) and between 40km/h and 120km/h, the error must not exceed 10% + 2.5 mph high (i.e. true speed/10 + 4km/h).
This means at a true speed of 25mph or 40km/h the speedometer may read 40/10+4 = 8km/h or 5mph high = 30mph indicated.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/works-trucks
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/works-trucks/work-trucks
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/regulation/3
Works Truck:
A motor vehicle (other than a straddle carrier i.e. a motor vehicle constructed to straddle and lift its load for the purpose of transportation) designed for use in private premises and used on a road only in delivering goods from or to such premises to or from a vehicle on a road in the immediate neighbourhood, or in passing from one part of any such premises to another or to other private premises in the immediate neighbourhood or in connection with road works while at or in the immediate neighbourhood of the site of such works.
Works Trailer:
A trailer designed for use in private premises and used on a road only in delivering goods from or to such premises to or from a vehicle on a road in the immediate neighbourhood, or in passing from one part of any such premises to another or to other private premises in the immediate neighbourhood or in connection with road works while at or in the immediate neighbourhood of the site of such works.