

| Subject: | Re: MPG |
| From: | Sudhir Desai |
| Date: | Mon, 3 Sep 2007 22:54:04 -0400 |
David, if the sign is on all the time. If you could be awake at 3-4 am, and drive past at a speedo indicated 60mph, and see what the sign tells you. :) It would be better at 100mph, but I don't think the van can get that fast. :D Sudhir On 9/3/07, David Kao <dtkao0205@yahoo.com> wrote: > --- Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote: > > > > My calculations of margin of error are based on GPS values for speed > > and distance. > > > > I have zero knowledge about GPS values for speed and distance. Does GPS > give more accurate measure of speed and distance? I understand GPS is extremely > accurate and reliable to pin point your location and maybe the distance > between locations. But how does it measure the actual traveling distances > between two points? Does it track every foot of your track and add up to > get the total distance you have traveled? Or does it use its software > to add up straight distances of some not too short segments along the route > you have traveled? If the latter is the case then I have to doubt its accuracy. > > My house is located near by a school. There is a radar speed detector with > large digital display on the street. I often used it to check my speedometer. > I have found my speedometers of all my cars just about dead on accurate. > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the edge of your seat? > Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. > http://tv.yahoo.com/ >
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