British car have dual speedo readings European cars only kilometres.120lil is more than the 70m.p.h.limit
2006-07-14 09:00:57 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
If you break the speed limit, you can be fined. What your speedo says is irrelevant. Of course, if you don't live here, how are they going to chase you for the fine??
2006-07-14 09:05:37 · answer #1 · answered by izzieere 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were driving on the Motorway then dont worry. Even doing 79 miles an hour (accurate measurement), then you will not be prosecuted. The Law in the UK states that you must allow 10% speedo error (as it is not part of the MOT and therefore untested), and 2mph for eye perception on the speedo (as speedos dont normally show single digit lines). Thats the UK law as enforced in the courts. I shoudl know, I work with 2 judges :-)
If you were on a normal road (60mph) then at 120kph you could get done.
It is unlikely however, that if they see you are from overseas, enforcement is a problem and most likely you will not be chased.
If however it was 120kph in a 40mph or less, then they will pursue you and take you to court.
Hope that helps.
2006-07-14 09:14:27 · answer #2 · answered by bob196602 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a well known & documented FACT that the procecution threshold is 10% +2mph in MOST areas.
ie. 35 in a 30, 79 in a 70. This allows for inherent errors in the spedometer reading & accuracy.
A few extra militant areas like Wales (Brunstrom territory), a Westminster tend to err on the side of the procecution!
A european CANNOT get points but will still be fined if they are caught during their stay. A 'ghost' license is made by the DVLA to hold the point sagainst that person, so it is possible to be banned from driving in the UK without ever having held a UK license. The same system is used for illegal underage drivers or UK residents driving without a license.
2006-07-14 09:50:27 · answer #3 · answered by creviazuk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically if you break the law by speeding then you are liable to prosecution.It appears that many speed cameras do not in fact have film.At the same time some areas of the UK do not bother to trace non UK vehicles.But why should you exceed the speed limit?Agreed the UK is an EU.country and you could argue that speed limits be marked in Km,per hour;but I doubt you would get away with this plea!
2006-07-14 09:24:25 · answer #4 · answered by spud 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you break the speed limit then you can be prosecuted even if you are not a resident of this country. If you do not live in this country and break the law, the police can and do, arrest you and keep you in custody and take you before the next available court. The reason for this is because a summons cannot be practicably served on them. Too many people think that because they do not reside in this country, then they can get away with anything. NOT THE CASE.
2006-07-14 09:24:15 · answer #5 · answered by julie h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you would be going 4 mie per hour over the speed limit and if caught you would be subject to a fine. The are recent news reports in the UK of European drivers owing a lot of money in unpaid fines however, as the fines are hard and costly to enforce.
2006-07-14 09:08:44 · answer #6 · answered by blokenfeffer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The speed limit is the speed limit. If you break the law, you can be fined.
To be fair, correct me if I am wrong but 120 kilometers hour is about 75mph - I think. If you were doing that speed, I suspect that they would not persue it too hard.
2006-07-14 09:08:26 · answer #7 · answered by peewit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I genuinely have set off umpteen p.c. cameras in France, and the French extremely won't be able to be arsed both to song a uk reg. i'm particular if the foreigner replaced into stuck rushing in my opinion with the help of a policman he should be penalised for it, yet this technologies in common words extremely works for uk numbers, because we in common words have a database of uk numbers, and our guidelines haven't any attain distant places, rather for some thing so petty as a driving offence.
2016-11-02 01:49:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes as soon as they start driving in Britain they are under British restrictions and some European cars do have MPH on there clocks
2006-07-14 09:10:54 · answer #9 · answered by joe j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
120 is pretty close to 70, I wouldn't worry to that extent... If you have an EU license and you pick up tickets in the UK, you will be asked to apply for a UK counterpart for your license, and the points will be added...... So you can accumulate UK points.
2006-07-14 09:09:52 · answer #10 · answered by engineer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋