Safe Speed Forums

Is it necessary to use two lanes, and take over 20 miles, to pass another truck ?
And then to have to slow-down and pull-in behind because you needed to go off at the next slip road ?
OOppps...sorry, limiters....always someone elses fault !

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56 years after it was decided it was needed, the Bedford Bypass is nearing completion. The last single carriageway length of it.We have the most photogenic mayor though, always being photographed doing nothing

There is no need to limit trucks to 56 in America trucks go at the same speed as cars which can be anywhere from 55 to 80 and they don't have a problem.

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hi all, today i got a written warning today for driving over 56mph,90kmh on a motorway what all that about? its been 4yrs since my last speeding fine so im driving on a clean licence, i have worked for my company for 11yrs, so pissed off !!!

If you are in a union get them to fight the issue of the written warning. It also might be a good idea to get the union to turn up at the annual drivers meeting with a lawyer who specialises in Road Traffic law and get them to explain matters to management in simple words.

Sounds more like an issue of heavy handed management than law.

I know what it means round here when they start handing out warnings - they are looking to lose some staff without having redundancy costs.

If they are paying the wage, and it is their vehicle, then they can set whatever speed limit they want.
A written warning is not usually given for a first warning, that is usually a verbal warning.
It depends upon what their policy is with respect to speed is they have set a maximum of 56/90 then that is their right.
Sad to say: unions are not what they were.
So read your terms and conditions of employment and also any policy the company has with respect to speed.
More and more trucks are going down the route of trackers now, along with digital tachos.....warnings arrived by the dozen from VOSA when my companys truck had a digital tacho....nobody bothered to tell the drivers about the problems caused by the info being downloaded to the agency....so rest periods were ignored as usual !

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The world runs on oil, period. No other substance can compete when it comes to energy density, flexibility, ease of handling, ease of transportation. If oil didn’t exist we would have to invent it.”

56 years after it was decided it was needed, the Bedford Bypass is nearing completion. The last single carriageway length of it.We have the most photogenic mayor though, always being photographed doing nothing