Tesla’s driver assistance system is now called “Tesla Assisted Driving” in Europe, after Germany’s transport ministry said the old name was misleading. In a statement on 6 October…
Maximal 10% over is pretty much what the majority of drivers on the road are doing and which is seemingly not fined by police.
This was originally done to account for measuring errors in speed cameras, even though modern systems are much more accurate than those of the old days. Defaulting to only a smidge more than 10% above speed limit will get you fined in Germany, so it’s not the smartest strategy.
Errors in speed cameras and your own car’s speed measurements. It could be that your own car could be poorly tuned and give a small error, so you could claim in court that you legitimately were not aware you were speeding. But with a 10% offset that defense doesn’t hold.
This was originally done to account for measuring errors in speed cameras, even though modern systems are much more accurate than those of the old days. Defaulting to only a smidge more than 10% above speed limit will get you fined in Germany, so it’s not the smartest strategy.
Errors in speed cameras and your own car’s speed measurements. It could be that your own car could be poorly tuned and give a small error, so you could claim in court that you legitimately were not aware you were speeding. But with a 10% offset that defense doesn’t hold.
It’s illegal to make a car that measures the speed too low, so there’s quite a bit of tolerance there as well.
Thanks. Yes, I forgot the other potentially inaccurate component in the equation.