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LGV 40 mph speedlimit on "A" roads
The Smiths:
National speed limit for cars is 60 MPH on single carriageway roads.
rokcrawlin:
--- Quote from: "ian_s" ---whatever speed they do people will want to overtake them, so with the trucks moving slower its easier to that!
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problem is with the mentality of people wanting them to go slow, it encourages planks, to kill people like you coming the other way or you to kill yourself and others because you want to overtake, but not always in an appropriate place, where as most LGV drivers if they have a clear road ahead will indicate left for you to go when its safe to do so, that is why most of us are professional drivers not kamikazi pilots.
redhand:
--- Quote from: "The Smiths" ---National speed limit for cars is 60 MPH on single carriageway roads.
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and dual purpose vehicles and car derived vans. 50mph limit applies to Commercial vehicles with a GVW exceeding 3.5tonnes so transits etc are limited but defenders aren't unless it's got a tachograph fitted.
frosty:
being a hgv driver i think itd be best to leave us hgvs at 40 and drop everything else by 10mph... i cant see the government ever raising a speed limit (think of the millions in lost revenue from speeding fines) and a fully loaded artic running at 44 tonnes (or any other weight of hgv for that matter) needs a lot more road to slow down than a normal saloon car etc.. and as i drive a recovery truck it might just save me going to so many accidents,(id say at least 99% of the accidents i see are caused by to much speed for the conditions) and seeing so many lives ruined by the thoughtless planks.
cheers, rob
Niel:
--- Quote from: "frosty" ---being a hgv driver i think itd be best to leave us hgvs at 40 and drop everything else by 10mph... cheers, rob
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Thats whats happened around here, they just slapped a 40 limit on what was a national limit road, for extra earnings perhaps as the 'scamera partnership' was loosing money on their new shiny vans...
cynic? me?
And there's the planks who no matter what HAVE to get past the vehicle in front, be it a truck, land-rover or another car, twunts in roller skates are a particular issue with must pass that land-rover around here...
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