speeding past cop with radar gun

sebastianlieken

In the hypothetical situation that I maybe possibly just drove past a gaurd leaning over his bonnet with a radar gun at approx 140km/h in a 120 zone, what happens next?

would he hop in his car n come after me? or do i get a ticket in the post?...

hypothetically of course!...

-Corkie-

He would come after you. I have passed them faster and they havent followed but I suppose my luck will run out soon..;)

Esel

sebastianlieken wrote: »

I drove past a gaurd leaning over his bonnet with a radar gun at approx 140km/h in a 120 zone, what happens next?

would he hop in his car n come after me? or do i get a ticket in the post?...

hypothetically of course!...

If he's lying on the bonnet while doing 140km/h, there's no fear he'll bother clambering back into the car to chase you. It would be way too dangerous.

thebushes

I hope you get the fine in the post. Crazy speeding is causing all the deaths and injuries on our roads. Some people never learn.

HxGH

They don't have to chase you anymore?

They just post it.

Bing! You have (hypothetical) mail.

challengemaster

thebushes wrote: »

I hope you get the fine in the post. Crazy speeding is causing all the deaths and injuries on our roads. Some people never learn.

140km/h in a 120 zone.

CRAZY SPEEDS!!! :pac:

esel: Lol

martydunf

thebushes wrote: »

I hope you get the fine in the post. Crazy speeding is causing all the deaths and injuries on our roads. Some people never learn.

FFS. You registered here just to say that? And as above yeah 20km/h above the limit is crazy speeds alright yeah:pac::pac:

Get a life!:mad:

opinion guy

thebushes wrote: »

I hope you get the fine in the post. Crazy speeding is causing all the deaths and injuries on our roads. Some people never learn.

Gaybo, is that you ????

-Chris-

OK people, high-horses aren't that unusual 'round these parts. Nothing to see here...

Back to helping the OP with their query (although I think it's already been answered)!

trad

Speedometers generally read up to 10% fast so that would put you just slightly over the limit. What you will have to look out for is the 65 privately owned mobile "safety cameras" coming to a road near you soon. Then you'll be getting a little something in the post.

cursai

You weren't stopped so you wont get a ticket. Simple as that!

corktina

if you go past them fast enough they wont be able to catch you up in the bog standard cars the TC have....;)

cursai

corktina wrote: »

if you go past them fast enough they wont be able to catch you up in the bog standard cars the TC have....;)

Truth!! But it really wouldn't be something worth risking your life for anyway. The Gards ain't no tax collectors!!!:D

opinion guy

trad wrote: »

Speedometers generally read up to 10% fast so that would put you just slightly over the limit. What you will have to look out for is the 65 privately owned mobile "safety cameras" coming to a road near you soon. Then you'll be getting a little something in the post.

I actually don't think this 10% thing is always true. I was clocked up North doing 50 in a 40 zone and he showed me the reading and it was bang on to what I was actually doing

-Chris-

As I understand it, your speedo can read up to 10% over (so it says you're doing 120 when you're really doing 109), but it can't read under at all (so you can't blame the speedo or vehicle manufacturer for your speeding).

This variance will also increase or decrease depending on what speed you're doing.

It'd be foolish for anyone to presume their speedo is always over reading by 10%.

keithclancy

thebushes wrote: »

I hope you get the fine in the post. Crazy speeding is causing all the deaths and injuries on our roads. Some people never learn.

corktina

-Chris- wrote: »

As I understand it, your speedo can read up to 10% over (so it says you're doing 120 when you're really doing 109), but it can't read under at all (so you can't blame the speedo or vehicle manufacturer for your speeding).

This variance will also increase or decrease depending on what speed you're doing.

It'd be foolish for anyone to presume their speedo is always over reading by 10%.

it would vary depending on tyre wear too..

who_am_I?

corktina wrote: »

it would vary depending on tyre wear too..

In general the speed will be almost correct when the car has large wheels, 17" instead of 16"
Most cars in Ireland will have the bog standard smaller option wheels, & the speedo will read up to 10% faster.

A GPS will give you a good indication of your true speed.

http://www.club80-90syncro.co.uk/Syncro_website/TechnicalPages/TRC%20calculator.htm

-Corkie-

opinion guy wrote: »

Gaybo, is that you ????

Lol we nearly pised the pants at that.

corktina

who_am_I? wrote: »

In general the speed will be almost correct when the car has large wheels, 17" instead of 16"
Most cars in Ireland will have the bog standard smaller option wheels, & the speedo will read up to 10% faster.

A GPS will give you a good indication of your true speed.

http://www.club80-90syncro.co.uk/Syncro_website/TechnicalPages/TRC%20calculator.htm

usually when you specify larger wheels you get lower profile tyres keeping the circumferance more or less the same

Henry Ford III

If you had fog lights on, a non Dub reg, a remap on a Tdi, a learner permit, and were undertaking on a roundabout expect trouble

D_murph

-Chris- wrote: »

As I understand it, your speedo can read up to 10% over (so it says you're doing 120 when you're really doing 109), but it can't read under at all (so you can't blame the speedo or vehicle manufacturer for your speeding).

This variance will also increase or decrease depending on what speed you're doing.

It'd be foolish for anyone to presume their speedo is always over reading by 10%.

That is some very good advice right there. I have read a lot of posts on here where people have been telling this to other posters and it might not be the same in every car (and most likely isnt). I can see how someone will get done for speeding one day and they will be trying to tell this to the guard in the hopes of getting out of a ticket by using it as an excuse the way it keeps coming up.


Now, if you want to drive at 140KMH on a motorway and decide to go 10% over just to be sure, dont blame me if you get caught :pac:.