"this is your speed" speedo check

[Michel]

Anyone know a community speed zone in the GTA where they have a "this is your speed" board on the side of the road?

Would be a good place to check speedometers...

[Obiwan Kenoobie]

Anyone know a community speed zone in the GTA where they have a "this is your speed" board on the side of the road?

Would be a good place to check speedometers...

'speedo check' .... hands off my swimwear.

i u wanna check your speedo .. i'll lend you my Garmin.

[Michel]

ok. How fast does your Garmin go?

[Luke-PL]

Anyone know a community speed zone in the GTA where they have a "this is your speed" board on the side of the road?

Would be a good place to check speedometers...

There is one at Jacob Keffer Pkwy at Keele and Rutherford, or at least it was there for the last two weeks or so.

[MovinUp]

ok. How fast does your Garmin go?

Faster than your bike!

Really though, how fast does it need to go? I don't see you trying this all that fast, considering you're looking for a neighbourhood with the sign.

[parkingpuckguy]

Most factory speedometers are set about 8 kph less than you are actually going.
If you really want to check, use your GPS. That's how I verified the difference.

[Snobike Mike]

Most factory speedometers are set about 8 kph less than you are actually going.
If you really want to check, use your GPS. That's how I verified the difference.

The speedos in my wife's van, my truck and my car are all almost bang on. I wouldn't use that statistic for any "scientific" evalutations.

[SLIM]

Faster than your bike!

Really though, how fast does it need to go? I don't see you trying this all that fast, considering you're looking for a neighbourhood with the sign.

Maybe he wants to see how high the numbers on the sign go.

[psycho44]

Most factory speedometers are set about 8 kph less than you are actually going.
If you really want to check, use your GPS. That's how I verified the difference.

isn't it the other way around? My speedo usually reads 80 km/h on a 60km/h limit street. I always thought I was going about high 60's but I'm actually going 88 km/h?

[Homewrecker]

We had a sign like that down the road last week. Everytime I blew by it it said '00'. It only had 2 digits so i guess I was going faster that it could show

[daught]

They should have a top score...

[SLIM]

That's when they nab you - when you come back to enter your initials.

[Michel]

Thanks Luke. I'll check to see if the board is up at Keele and Rutherford. And seriously, I'd be happy to try someone's GPS too. Hmmm, there must be a Tim's nearby...

[Bambaataa]

Lewiston Bridge.. I wouldn't advise you to go checking ur speed there though....

[dropgear]

They should have a top score...

bahahaha ..

you have to come back and type your 3 letter name in with some combination of buttons and joystick.

[eightyeightfifty]

I'm not sure how well these work for bikes. I found one one night and my speedo was bang on, so I thought I'd turn around and try it faster to see how accurate it is at high speed, and on the way by, it didn't register my bike at all.

[donut]

My bike is geared, my truck has big tires. I was curious how accurate both of them were.

Next time you see a cop doing radar, just stop and ask them to check for you. Go down the street at a steady XX km/hr according to your speedometer then come back and ask them what the radar said. They've been happy to do it for me in the past. Remember, not all cops are ********.

[Michel]

OK, heading over to Jacob Keffer Parkway now (unless I pass a cop with a radar gun willing to check my speed...)

[murf]

Most factory speedometers are set about 8 kph less than you are actually going.
If you really want to check, use your GPS. That's how I verified the difference.

8kph at what speed? Its a percentage

[sam_x]

My bike is geared, my truck has big tires. I was curious how accurate both of them were.

Next time you see a cop doing radar, just stop and ask them to check for you. Go down the street at a steady XX km/hr according to your speedometer then come back and ask them what the radar said. They've been happy to do it for me in the past. Remember, not all cops are ********.

hah nice tip... then do 180 as he reads you..bet that'd bring the a**hole outta him