Br>> (b) indicate, when the vehicle is travelling at a speed in
Br>> excess of 50 kilometres per hour, a speed that is not more
Br>> than 10- less than the actual speed, and

BL> I've spent *years* interpreting government-written specsm and
BL> as usual, this is totally ambiguous. What it *says* is that the
BL> speedo must read at least 10% low,

JB> :) It could be interpreted that way...

 Yair... because that's what it actually *says*.

JB> but I uunderstyand it to mean
JB> the speed may read below the actual speed by nor more than 10
JB> percent.
JB> (assuming 10- means 10%)

 See? Now you are beginning to understand how bureaucracy works.
The specification states something nonsensical, so you *interpret*
it to mean what you *think* makes sense, and then you meet the actual
bureaucrat who enforces this nonsensical rule, and disciover that they
have put an entirely *different* interpretation on it.

 So, you go away and design your speedos to match the bureaucracy's
interpretation, it passes and is approved. They therefore have
complete control and can change it any time they like (and often do).

 The safety specification for TV in Australia and NZ was AS 3250 (the
nuber has changed now), but it aloso included AS 3159 and AS 100...
and whatever the bureaucrats decided applied. I was on the committee
that *wrote* that specification, I knew exactly what we intended...
but that was not how it was applied in the real world of gettign a TV
set approved by the authority.

 My favourite insanity was that all wires in a double-insulated set
had to be tied in pairs, so that if one wire broke free, it woudl be
held in place by the other wire, and would not come in contact with
live parts. There is *nothing* in the spec about that - not one word
or even an inference. The bureaucrats just made it up to show that
they could. Silly Philips did not understand how the game was played,
and as a result theit sets are *still* not safety-approved in
Australia. In the end they got them approved in Singapore!

 So... I am very interested in yours and Brenton's interpretation of
plain English, but that is not how the game is played.

 Go to Jail. Do not collect $200, do not pass GO.

Regards,
Bob

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