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 Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law   Topic: HGV speed limit 56 or 60?

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 01:36 

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I spoke to the people at VOSA today and they said if they came in and checked digital readouts, they would see people going over 56MPH and use a bit of common sense and not take it any further.

 Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law   Topic: HGV speed limit 56 or 60?

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 22:04 

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Thanks for all your replies, they are informed and very useful. :drink2: Hopefully this will do some good. Like I said, management are claiming the limit is 56, and are having "meetings" with drivers warning them of verbal and written warnings for going over the limit. We have tried to tel...

 Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law   Topic: HGV speed limit 56 or 60?

 Post subject: HGV speed limit 56 or 60?
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 22:50 

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1st post. Hopefully this is in the right forum, if not can someone move it for me. Right, silly question. What is the maximum speed for a HGV in the UK? Me and all the lads I work with argue it's 60MPH, as that's what the highway code says. Management claim it's 56MPH becuase that's what the current...
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