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by mylifeandtimes 109 days ago
In other words, 15% of people are ALWAYS speeding, by definition.

So with perfect enforcement (punish everyone over the threshold), how do you enable an 85th percentile rule?

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> 15% of people are ALWAYS speeding, by definition

Not necessarily. If the data is heavily clustered around a single value, the percentile collapses to that number.