glassila
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I have heard friends in law enforcement refer to this as "tolerance," as in the amount of speed over the legal limit that the person working radar will tolerate without giving a citation. The impression I have is that the local LE agency or the individual working radar decides what speed above the posted limit will be tolerated on that stretch of road on that day and sets the equipment accordingly. So 5 mph of tolerance, for example, would mean that where the limit is 55, drivers will only be stopped for driving 61 mph or above.
Yes, that's correct. Each officer has their own threshold and their own discretion when it comes to writing speeding tickets. For me, 15mph over usually meant a stop and sometimes a ticket. 20 over usually resulted in a ticket.
There is no way to stop every vehicle going 1 over or 5 over or even 10 over in most areas as you would be stopping pretty much every car on the road. I suppose there are some departments that stop vehicles at 5 over, but I would guess they are very rare.
Anyway, I am done talking about speeding unless it has to do with disc speeds.