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Driver films ACT leader David Seymour undertaking (www.stuff.co.nz)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Venator@lemmy.nz to c/politics@lemmy.nz

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Seymour said the car in front of him was driving erratically, speeding up and slowing down in the right lane.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A speedometer that far out is effectively useless, and if I bought a vehicle like that I'd take it up with the dealer.

So yes, Seymour might not have even been speeding.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is one of my pet peeves; this is not the 1950's; we can make speedometers accurate to within 3%....this margin would account for all the vagaries of tire pressure etc.

Our newest car; pleasantly has a very accurate speedo...

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Modern vehicles have GPS calibrated speedometers, and are often dead on. But for an electronic speedo, there's no excuse for more than a few percent.