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Article #833Re: Aggressive Driving
From: Roger Peck
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 00:00
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01BDAEF2.2A462280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I think, for one of them, it would be those old type solid tires they put on bicycles. Brandon Sommerville <grimrod@mindless.moc> wrote in article <35aa8d26.31762725@news.v-wave.com>... > Michael Zarlenga wrote: > > >DPH (rally2xs@csi.com) wrote: > >: > >Speeding is based on the officers judgement. the reason that within 10mph > >: > >of the limit is usually not considered speeding is because at 70 MPH the > >: > >average non-calibrated speedometer reads 65MPH. Having a speedometer > >: > >calibrated is actually quite expensive for the manufactures, so they > >: > >generally only calibrate speedometers for law enforcement purposes. > >: > > >: > Even if you calibrate it, tire wear will change it. > > > >: Not enough to matter. Maybe 0.3 percent. Can't even see that on an analog > >: speedo. > > > >Tire wear can be as much as 1" on a 15" rim, that translates to > >a circumference change of 6.6%. > > > >You estimate of error was off by more than 20X. > > What kind of street tires have a half inch depth in tread? > -- > Brandon > > "Spooooooooooonnnnn!" > ------=_NextPart_000_01BDAEF2.2A462280 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><BODY bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><p><font size=3D2 = color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Arial">I think, for one of them, it would be = those old type solid tires they put on bicycles.<br><br><br><br>Brandon = Sommerville <<font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>grimrod@mindless.moc</u><font = color=3D"#000000">> wrote in article <<font = color=3D"#0000FF"><u>35aa8d26.31762725@news.v-wave.com</u><font = color=3D"#000000">>...<br>> Michael Zarlenga wrote:<br>> = <br>> >DPH (<font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>rally2xs@csi.com</u><font = color=3D"#000000">) wrote:<br>> >: > >Speeding is based on = the officers judgement. the reason that within 10mph<br>> >: > = >of the limit is usually not considered speeding is because at 70 MPH = the<br>> >: > >average non-calibrated speedometer reads = 65MPH. Having a speedometer<br>> >: > >calibrated is = actually quite expensive for the manufactures, so they<br>> >: = > >generally only calibrate speedometers for law enforcement = purposes.<br>> >: ><br>> >: > Even if you calibrate = it, tire wear will change it.<br>> ><br>> >: Not enough to = matter. Maybe 0.3 percent. Can't even see that on an = analog<br>> >: speedo.<br>> ><br>> >Tire wear can be = as much as 1" on a 15" rim, that translates to <br>> >a = circumference change of 6.6%.<br>> ><br>> >You estimate of = error was off by more than 20X.<br>> <br>> What kind of street = tires have a half inch depth in tread?<br>> -- <br>> = Brandon<br>> <br>> "Spooooooooooonnnnn!"<br>> </p> </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></body></html> ------=_NextPart_000_01BDAEF2.2A462280--
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1038e3,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid1038e3,public X-Google-Thread: fb1cb,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1cb,public X-Google-Thread: f4d80,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4d80,public X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-Thread: 10001a,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10001a,public X-Google-Thread: 10e16d,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e16d,public From: "Roger Peck" <ramjet55@texhoma.net> Subject: Re: Aggressive Driving Date: 1998/07/14 Message-ID: <01bdaf1c$131c2a80$547ccccf@hp-customer> X-Deja-AN: 371308791 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <6n8pi0$cu7@netaxs.com> <359f7d3c.2206389@news.pipeline.com> <35a46bd2.8632813@news.serv.net> <Pine.SUN.3.96.980708140109.22391I-100000@eve.speakeasy.org> <6o3e82$2s2@urth.autarch.com> <35A5453A.39C11D72@csi.com> <6oddlp$cum$3@paperboy.ids.net> <35aa8d26.31762725@news.v-wave.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_01BDAEF2.2A462280" Organization: ioNET Inc. Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: dc.driving,rec.autos.driving,misc.legal,alt.law-enforcement,seattle.general,ca.driving