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Clockwork · 2012-01-20, 21:21

The 60mph/100kph limits aren't exact conversions (100kph isn't the same as 60mph) so to be fined for speeding you'll need to be exceeding both the listed mph limit and kph limit. You're allowed a 10% leeway which means to be fined for speeding (coupled with the fact you need to be exceeding the mph and kph limit) you need to be doing around 68mph.

You can get away with doing 68mph, as long as you're doing 68.0. If you are doing around 68.4mph then you will be fined, as you are exceeding 60mph by 10%, and also 100kph by 10%, even if by a few tenths of a percent.

The leeway is actually there for accidents so the fact you were doing 8mph over the limit clearly shows you weren't caring about your speed. Your fine was perfectly legitimate.