Overtaking

Jakes147 said:
The margin of error on a BMW's speedometer is about 1% whereas most other cars its almost 10%. Also the tolerance for speeding fines at 120 means you will only start getting a fine if you drive over 129km/h. e.g. a guy driving 120 (actually 110km/h) will think a person driving 127km/h is speeding even though he is still within the allowed tolerance. So its actually the guy in the slow car breaking the law and not the speedster, therefor Keep left pass right.
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You say that with an air of confidence. One I wholeheartedly disagree with. Mine differs by about 3%.
 
bwana said:
A Chevrolet Captiva... aka the SUV she wanted but then decided it was "too big"... talk about déjà vu...
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LOL, woman. My wife dislikes big cars so she bought a small car, but now ends up permanently driving the big car as the small car is to "slow".
 
Ramodiana said:
That's is why I started this thread to ask do we just cars on roads, that a Chevrolet Spark can not over take or bit faster than vrrrr phaaaa (VW Golf 7)
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Personally I don't know what "vrrrr phaaaa" means. From your use of it I assume powerful/supercharge/turbo charged cars?
Also, your use of it denotes a somewhat derogatory meaning, like the guys compensating for something?
 
DMNknight said:
Personally I don't know what "vrrrr phaaaa" means. From your use of it I assume powerful/supercharge/turbo charged cars?
Also, your use of it denotes a somewhat derogatory meaning, like the guys compensating for something?
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Like the guy who approached him and asked whether he was attempting to race him with his small Brio, who does that? clearly the guys has issues......

Or the thought of going an extra metre looking at the squashed rear of the Brio was just too much for him....:D
 
thechamp said:
Interesting read, what's your source? I never thought the error margin would be that high on most cars...
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Not sure whether it's still like this, but motor manufacturers legally had to have an accuracy within 10% of the actual number, hence why you have the thing where they don't fine you if you're doing less than 130km/h in a 120km/h zone.
 
DMNknight said:
Personally I don't know what "vrrrr phaaaa" means. From your use of it I assume powerful/supercharge/turbo charged cars?
Also, your use of it denotes a somewhat derogatory meaning, like the guys compensating for something?
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He's talking about the sound a Golf 7 GTI makes when it's accelerating hard and changing gears.

Jealousy is a bitch.
 
Messugga said:
Not sure whether it's still like this, but motor manufacturers legally had to have an accuracy within 10% of the actual number, hence why you have the thing where they don't fine you if you're doing less than 130km/h in a 120km/h zone.
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But always over the actual speed so that they can't be held accountable for speeding fines due to inaccuracy.

Which actually make the whole margin of error thing redundant when applied from a law enforcement point of view.
 
thechamp said:
Interesting read, what's your source? I never thought the error margin would be that high on most cars...
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Simple, esp older cars. Test via GPS then just go change tires or deflate them a tad and go test again. You will be surprised how much it can change.
 
Messugga said:
Not sure whether it's still like this, but motor manufacturers legally had to have an accuracy within 10% of the actual number, hence why you have the thing where they don't fine you if you're doing less than 130km/h in a 120km/h zone.
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Ok, thanks.
 
AlphaJohn said:
Simple, esp older cars. Test via GPS then just go change tires or deflate them a tad and go test again. You will be surprised how much it can change.
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Aaah yes that's a good point. Changing the standard parameters from those of the manufacturer would very well throw it out and potentially the wrong way for a change in gearing.
 
My BMW motorcycle is doing about 134km/h on the clocks at a GPS 120km/h.

VW Golf is about 129km/h with a verified 120km/h.
 
Messugga said:
He's talking about the sound a Golf 7 GTI makes when it's accelerating hard and changing gears.

Jealousy is a bitch.
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I'm actually getting the vibe that somehow "all cars" are equal on the road message from the OP.
i.e. don't judge me cause I have a small car...

... less jealousy and more Crab bucket as well.
 
thechamp said:
Is it a safe conclusion to make that the guy on the left accelerated hence the other could not overtake? or what exactly did he do wrong?
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No, the guy on the left was not accelerating, his speed is being maintained.
What he is doing wrong is having moved over to the yellow lane.
1) allowing the ****** on the right to overtake
2) if someone were parked there in a broken down state he would have nowehere to go and hopes he can brake in time

Did a round trip to Kroonstad last thursday. The amount of times I saw this happening on an uphill was astounding.
Most of them on the dual overtaking lanes but yes... the truck drivers have no sense of how long it really takes them to overtake.
 
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