RE: [ST] new lister with license in jeopardy

["Masiak, Richard" <Richard_Masiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That makes sense.  There is error involved with the GPS.  Depending on the
type of receiver they have, the update rates will vary slightly.  But in
esscense, the faster you're traveling the slower the GPS will report your
speed.  So when going 90 MPH is about 40 meters/second.  There's roughly a 5
m/s error at that speed, depending on the receiver, so I can see it
reporting a speed approximately 10MPH slower.

I'd trust my speedo over the GPS at that speed. JMHO

Rich


- -----Original Message-----
From: peter.chittum@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:peter.chittum@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 1:03 PM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ST] new lister with license in jeopardy

<SNIP>

Not to disappoint (or perhaps relieve), but a 90 mph speedo reading is
probably closer to 81-82 mph. Many owners have fitted their bikes with a
bike computer or GPS only to find that the speedo greatly over-reports the
speed of the bike (ostensibly to impress owners at how fast they can go,
while simultaneously tricking them into being safer than they think they
are). 
<SNIP>
 
Peter Chittum
'01 BRG ST
San Jose, CA, USA 

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