From: John Tserkezis 
Reply-To: Fidonet AVtech Echo 

Bob Lawrence wrote:

>  I've never actually paid a speeding fine, but I've been booked a few
> times and I always talk to the cop. They all say "10K" (not 10%), so
> like you I drive juse under 10K over.

  This applies to Queensland, NSW and south australia.  Don't know about other 
states.  I've read a recent rumor that Victoria has their radar/laser/cameras 
etc set to 3Km/h over.  That's just stupid.  No-one has that much control over 
their car.

> JT> Don't know about the other states. In victoria, I give myself
> JT> 4-5km/h over, as they are by far more anal than other states.

>  Isn't it a 50K suburban limit in Victoria? It's years since I've
> driven there.

  It's probably gone down to 40 by now.  And people are still getting killed.

> JT> I don't trust any vehicle I own, let alone any vehicle that I'm
> JT> not familiar in. Basically, if it isn't GPS verified, I don't
> JT> trust it. Regardless of whatever certificate and/or lab says.

>  After you've driven it for a while, you get a pretty good idea
> against what the other cars are doing, especially on an expressway.

  I don't think so Tim.  I don't trust the vehicle I'm in, what makes you think 
I'm going to trust some idiot in his car?

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