The speed is probably reduced by the accepted (by law) deviation of the
speedmeters, apparently 5 km/hr in France.
No kindness to be expected, I'm afraid.
In the Netherlands 3 km/hr is subtracted of the measured speed...
Best, Frank.
Op wo 11 dec 2024 om 18:58 schreef Michael R. Collins <
MRC.OlympusList@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Category "exces ... inferieur a 5 km/h" is "less than 5 over", so I
> think out of kindness they knocked the 7-over down to 2-over to hit you
> with a smaller penalty. Another gift!
>
> Michael
>
> On 2024-12-11 12:51 p.m., Mike Lazzari via olympus wrote:
> > Speeding ticket
> >
> > Hardly what I would call "speeding". 7 klicks over and I wasn't
> keeping
> > up with the traffic. What I don't know the significance of is, "La
> > vitesse retinue est de: 72 km/h". "Speed retained" ?? Does that
> mean,
> > Average speed"? Seems that is within the error margin of the radar
> and
> > my speedometer.
> > Anyway cost €45 gifted to France.
> > M
>
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