illegal to drive with broken speedo?

gort said:
Traffic cops can do it to test the road-worthiness of a vehicle if they feel the need to.
Sometimes done after a collision to test possible defective parts (brakes, steering etc.) that may have a playing part in the collision.
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Things that could have just as easily been caused by the collision you mean? :rolleyes:
 
gort said:
Traffic cops can do it to test the road-worthiness of a vehicle if they feel the need to.
Sometimes done after a collision to test possible defective parts (brakes, steering etc.) that may have a playing part in the collision.
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Except they don't, they might drive it to move it off the carriageway after a bump, and may notice a broken speedo....they won't know it was broken before the bump though. If your car is drivable after having a shunt the likelihood is....you'll be driving it home. If its not / the bodywork is not safe it will just be recovered.

Unless of course you've just mowed down a pedestrian...in which case it won't be moved for a long time and you have bigger things to worry about

I know this is all a bit pointless anyway and i do appreciate this is not the angle you were coming from but anyone thinking a traffic cop is going to stop you, climb in and drive your car around is being a bit silly. If your car is in such a state that they would feel the need to stop you for its appearance / complete lack of lights bits of bodywork or exhaust scraping the road etc then again you've bigger problems than the speedo.
 
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Quink said:
Ah, ok :)

How do they test the operation of the speedo? Mine wasn't tested/calibrated when my car was tested 2 months ago :)
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No idea, I guess they drive the car.

silversurfer said:
Unless the law changed in recent years, its fine I think. I used to know someone with a car and a dead speedo and it was that way for years. He said the garage told him its not a problem and they dont test it anyway.
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Yes it has changed.

Andi.
 
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