Speedometer Calibration and Road Safety

Speedometer Calibration and Road Safety

Surely, everyone has seen movies such as The Fast and The Furious and Torque. What are the two things these films have in common? The answer is speed. It doesn’t matter if one used cars while the other used motorbikes because this still gave the audience the thrill of what its like riding on the wild side.

Is this real? Can this really happen? The answer to both questions is yes and all it takes is calibrating the engine for these vehicles to be able for it to exceed more than an hundred miles per hour on the road.

The driver may not notice how fast the vehicle is going when sitting behind the wheel and the only indicator will be the speedometer located a few inches below the windshield. There are two types of speedometers. The mechanical and the electronic version.

The mechanical speedometer works using a cable, a rotating flexible shaft and a magnet. After calibrating and combining these three components, the speed of the car will continue to increase as one continues to step on the gas.

The electronic version also uses a magnet. The only difference is that in order for this to work, the entire system needs a computer. Once this is calibrated, it will be able to tell how fast the vehicle is moving.

Most of the cars use the electronic version but those who like to drive something like a 1956 Mustang will surely be able to reminisce the good old days when the mechanical speedometer made man and machine work together.

Unfortunately, driving more than a hundred miles per hour in the city or even on the freeway with the calibrated speedometer will only get the driver in trouble. For safety reasons, the police will most likely pull over the driver and issue a ticket.

This should serve as a lesson to the one behind the wheel because most car accidents are caused by over speeding or drinking under the influence that causes damage to property and may take someone’s life.

One ticket is ok but repeated offenses will make it more expensive to get insurance for the vehicle. At worse, no one will want to insure the individual given the reckless history that is a liability to the insurance company.

The best thing to do then with the calibrated speedometer will still be to follow the traffic rules especially the speed limits. This varies on city and highway driving but regardless where one is, the right thing to do will be to abide by it.

Speedometer Calibration and Road Safety