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i was on the a217 which the speed limit is 40mph i was overtaking a lorry in the proccess and while i was overtaking the lorry my needle was just slightly above 40 but not much my question is will i get a NIP or do the laser guns offer abit of threshold, please reply as im SHITTING myself literally

you know your speedo isnt accurate give ot take 10% eg say your speedo says your going 44 but your real speed given by the GPS is 40 do the cameras give you the GPS or speedo 10% rule so you could be going 48 in speedo terms but in GPS term your going 44 or somewhere around these guidlines.

Sorry if it doesnt make any sense i can barely understand my self!!!

The prosecution threshold is usually 10% + 2mph as per the ACPO guidelines (Code of practice?), although in theory you can be prosecuted at any speed over the limit.

This been the case if you were doing less than 46mph then you are unlikely to hear anything. Oh and your speedo can under read by 10% but should not over read at all.

Was it a police car or camera van that you saw?

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van, and the reason why im asking is because i was caught by this specific van last summer doing 63 in 40 but i wasnt doing anything that Ridiculous speed i was barely over 40

If that's the case I shouldn't worry too greatly. If your speedo was only a blip above 40 then you were probably doing less than 40 and probably nowhere near the threshold.

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Well Ronina80 you must be getting very worried, from what I can see you are concerned with about five incidences !
Since you say that you have had five years of trouble free driving has something changed in the last year to cause this change? eg new glasses with fat rims or something?

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