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Subject:Re: Speedo calibration
From:Dr. Rainer Woitok
Date:Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:00:38 +0200

Hi all,

On Wed, 1998-08-12 02:08:15 -0700, Todd Last wrote:

> If you look in the Bently manual it states (somewhere) that the speedo is
> purposly set to read about 5% below actual speed in order to meet us DOT laws.

BELOW??   That's interesting.    In   Germany speedos  are  required  to
_exaggerate_ your speed so nobody controlled by radar could claim it was
only because of the speedo ...

Sincerely
 Rainer

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