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Originally Posted by chipj29
Absolutely would bring it up to a judge. It is a lot easier to gauge ones speed in a vehicle on a road than in a boat. For one, in a car you can compare your speed to other vehicles. You can judge your speed based on time/distance to fixed objects. In a boat, there are way to many variables to even think about guessing speed.
Are speedometers required equipment in cars?
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Yes speedos are required equipment on cars. One of the times this topic came up I even listed the Fed regulation to that effect. There's also an accuracy requirement, I think it was +/- 2%. In any case you might plead to the judge "I didn't think I was going that fast" and if you were only 5-10 mph over, he might believe you. On the other hand if you doing 80+ mph in a decked out 300K$ gofast with twin supercharged engines ... my guess is he's not going to buy the story.