Roadside speed indicator

Recently, as I approached a speed indicator on the freeway with my car's speedo on 100 km/h exactly it indicated I was doing 94 km/h! Later, when passing road works with a temporary speed limit of 60 km/ h a trailer-mounted indicator showed I was doing 64 km/h, but when returning through the same roadworks later I was shown as doing 56 km/ h. Same experienced driver, same car, two years old, original size tyres in good condition and recommended pressure plus two psi. I know that the ADR only requires an accuracy of 10 per cent, but is there any accuracy requirement for these speed indicators?

The overhead speed indicator is likely to be the best one to rely on, but its accuracy too depends on when it was last checked and calibrated. That it showed your speedo was reading fast by about six per cent, comfortably within the maximum allowed 10 per cent, suggests it was reasonably accurate. I wouldn't rely on the indicators at the roadworks to be accurate.

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