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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Vans and their speed limit differences |
| CallyT |
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 20:12
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| I drive HGV's, and on all NSL roads do 54, which I'm governed at. Is safer on balance, as you sit at 40 and people get so desperate to overtake they take crazy chances. People argue they can overtake easier if you do 40 - but majority just sit there, and end up with hundreds of cars behind! Is sayin... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Vans and their speed limit differences |
| CallyT |
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 17:43
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Understand what you're saying mate.
However, presuming Citroen/Mags have got it right, also the Highway Code stating weight only, would say it can do car speeds.
But, assumption is the mother of all fcuk ups, so will have to wait for a definitive answer or evidence  |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Vans and their speed limit differences |
| CallyT |
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 17:25
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| So text I copied and pasted here is out-dated? I mean, all we can do is drive to the highway code - right? Unless stated otherwise, would it be fair to say simply 'vans over 2 tonnes have the lower limits'? Berlingo thing I read about was just under 2.0 tonnes, so car derived or not is under the wei... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Vans and their speed limit differences |
| CallyT |
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 16:31
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| Cheers for reply. This is where it seems to contradict Highway code: "heavy motor car" means a mechanically propelled vehicle, not being a motor car, which is constructed itself to carry a load or passengers and the weight of which unladen exceeds 2540 kilograms, "invalid carriage&quo... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Vans and their speed limit differences |
| CallyT |
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 15:55
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| As far as I can distinguish, there seems to be some confusion as to vans and their speed limits - where the weight is concerned. A speed awareness workshop recently told me vans which weren't car derived had same speed limits as 7.5 tonners. I thought few years back little brothers leaflet from poli... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: A way of being 'caught' speeding? |
| CallyT |
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 21:36
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| It does seem worrying, if you can be convicted in this manner. However if you were obviously speeding, say 80 in a 30 zone, past two police officers stood at the side of the road, seems strange they couldn't 'do' you for it. I just can't find anything official in black and white, there must be a sit... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: A way of being 'caught' speeding? |
| CallyT |
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 19:22
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| Firstly I apoligise if this is in the wrong place, I'm a newbie :D I read on a site somewhere, although can't find again, that if two traffic police witnessed a driver speeding, this was enough to convict, as with experience they can tell when someone is speeding. Have brought this up on a forum I u... |
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