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Old Jan 20, 2016, 12:35 pm
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Schwann
 
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Originally Posted by getmethere
I have been researching for my driving trip in NZ. The (official?) tolerance of above speed limit is a surprise. Not that I intend to test the tolerance, but out of curiosity, why is it there? We don't have anything like that in the US.
We have it in the UK too. Over here it's to allow for differences in calibration between the car speedometer and the equipment the authorities use.
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