Safety cameras

[Grayfox]

Last week i was slowing down from an 80 to 60 zone and i went through the intersection at 70 while green, from what i heard these cameras are now also speed cameras.

or does the camera only care if you are speeding during amber/red.

[butterfingers]

no, they catch u even when its green

[Grayfox]

Well i hope they have good leeway and i know my speedo is out by a few km/h from the factory.

[CrystalSkull]

From factory an Si '10 speedo will over-read by around 4km/h. On the freeway with cruise set to 104 consistently I overtake cars near speed cameras - do 90% of drivers have speed camera paranoia? Drivers need knowledge of their car, coupled with knowledge and practice of driving within road rules. Desirable for drivers would be to have a bit more love toward their fellow drivers, would possibly make the roads a better place.

[curtis265]

Good post Crystalskull, this paranoia of speed cameras is getting beyond ridiculous.

[sensei_]

see camera = slam brake pedal these days. heck, even a cop car causes traffic to come to a screeching halt. and the cops love to play the game. often you see cop cars sitting on 95kmh on the freeway, and everyone else goes 85kmh.

[CrystalSkull]

Sensei, best/worse I've seen of that is a police sitting on a bike with a radar at the top of a long on-ramp to a dual-carriage way posted at 90, as I exited the ramp I was overtaking/merging ahead of cars on the road because these fools were slowing down. Wah wah police paranoia.

[Grayfox]

From factory an Si '10 speedo will over-read by around 4km/h. On the freeway with cruise set to 104 consistently I overtake cars near speed cameras - do 90% of drivers have speed camera paranoia? Drivers need knowledge of their car, coupled with knowledge and practice of driving within road rules. Desirable for drivers would be to have a bit more love toward their fellow drivers, would possibly make the roads a better place.

only 4km/h at 100.

at slower speeds it is less.

Which leads me to think it is a % rather than a set amount.

[CrystalSkull]

True, thanks for correcting me

[curtis265]

funnily enough it's alwasy been 4km/h in the civic FD but a % difference in any older cars i've driven

[Grayfox]

I have an FK not a FD.

FK2 is the civic hatch with the R18A2 engine.

I think i my be the only member here that has one.

[sensei_]

the legend reads ~10% less. which i have no problems with that margin.