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From: Adrian on 9 Sep 2009 16:20
"Dubber" <I.love.my.dub(a)veeedub.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:

>>>>>>> Thinking about it - I would say that it is highly unlikely that
>>>>>>> your speedo operates via GPS. If your sat-nav broke down for any
>>>>>>> reason that would render your speedo inoperative and your car
>>>>>>> illegal to drive.

>>>>>> Is a speedo a legal requirement?

>>>>> Yes - absolutely.

>>>> Really? So the two motor vehicles I own which don't have speedos and
>>>> never have had speedos are illegal, are they?

>>> We were talking about public-road-going cars. I've no doubt that there
>>> will be exemptions for vintage cars that were never fitted with
>>> speedos.

>> So the correct answer wasn't "Yes - absolutely", but "Yes - mainly, but
>> there's some exceptions".

> You wonder why people get irritated by you.

Oh, look, another morphing fuckwit with nothing sensible to add.

The point I raised is actually a very serious one that a lot of people
work very hard to keep in the minds of legislators - that not every
vehicle on the roads is a normal modern boring hatchback. There's a lot
of older vehicles that could easily be driven off the roads by badly
written or enforced legislation. When even an ex-TrafPlod takes the easy
answer rather than think for a second, a reminder is sometimes needed.

www.fbhvc.co.uk
From: Mike on 9 Sep 2009 16:25
On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:28:10 +0100, Harry Bloomfield
<harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>It happens that Halmyre formulated :
>> I don't know about the legality but AFAIK the MOT test doesn't include the
>> speedometer (or at least it didn't in 1986!)
>
>They have no means to test them, either for function or accuracy. They
>used to be able to at least test the function when they were allowed to
>drive them on the road as part of the MOT - now they don't.

Well isn't the vehicle tested on a rolling road for the brakes ?

Mike P
From: Mike P on 9 Sep 2009 17:06
On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:25:52 +0100, Mike wrote:

> On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:28:10 +0100, Harry Bloomfield
> <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>It happens that Halmyre formulated :
>>> I don't know about the legality but AFAIK the MOT test doesn't include
>>> the speedometer (or at least it didn't in 1986!)
>>
>>They have no means to test them, either for function or accuracy. They
>>used to be able to at least test the function when they were allowed to
>>drive them on the road as part of the MOT - now they don't.
>
> Well isn't the vehicle tested on a rolling road for the brakes ?

Yes, but I doubt it goes fast enough to test a speedo

Mike P (The other one)
From: Mike P on 9 Sep 2009 17:10
On Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:23:07 +0100, Harry Bloomfield wrote:

> Peter Johnson expressed precisely :
>> Except that drivers using aftermarket satnavs may be driving at the
>> speed indicated by the satnav not the speedo. (My car has a built-in
>> satnav but I don't know whether the indicated speed is derived from
>> that or not.)
>
> I doubt it would be, because the satnav speed is only updated once per
> second in. In one second your true speed can vary by a great deal

How does it vary a great deal in one second?

Mike P
From: Steve Firth on 9 Sep 2009 17:41
Harry Bloomfield <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

> I doubt it would be, because the satnav speed is only updated once per
> second in.

Oh FFS, more Urban Myths.
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