Is there any leeway for speeding?

roker said:
The car speedo is always calibrate + the speed, mine always read 3 to 4 km faster than my sat nav which I consider more accurate
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Yes, it's standard practice with cars.. Mine is about +5kmph over actual speed.
 
roker said:
The car speedo is always calibrate + the speed, mine always read 3 to 4 km faster than my sat nav which I consider more accurate
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EU legislation means that car speedometers must never under-read, but can overstate by as much as 10% of actual speed + 4km/h.
 
I was given a fixed notice fine of 160 euro over the weekend. Stopped going into a small town. Garda said I was doing 84km in a 50 zone. The 50 zone is not marked by a roadside sign on the LhS. There is one on the RHS but it's almost screened by a pole. In this instance I would imagine the zone should be marked on my side of the road. What should I do.?
 
50thbirthday said:
I was given a fixed notice fine of 160 euro over the weekend. Stopped going into a small town.
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Speed limits in Ireland

There are 5 different types of speed limits on roads. Find out about the different limits, where they apply and penalties for speeding offences.
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Road speed limits

There are a total of five different types of speed limits throughout Ireland:
  • Town and city speed limits
  • National road speed limits
  • Regional and local road speed limits
  • Motorway speed limits
  • Special speed limits
Town and city speed limits (50 km/h)

A speed limit of 50 kilometres per hour is in place in built-up areas (other than motorways or special speed limit zones).
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50thbirthday said:
I was given a fixed notice fine of 160 euro over the weekend. Stopped going into a small town. Garda said I was doing 84km in a 50 zone. The 50 zone is not marked by a roadside sign on the LhS. There is one on the RHS but it's almost screened by a pole. In this instance I would imagine the zone should be marked on my side of the road. What should I do.?
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If you were going in to a small town surely you would have known that the speed limit wasn't 84 km. Just saying ..
 
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