97TURBO

Has anybody been caught out by these reduced limits on commercial vehicles?

Our Transport manager pointed this out to me the other day and i would say i must be bloody lucky not to have been caught out by now.
Vehicles over 2000kg ie Transit size van.

Single carriage 50mph

Dual 60mph

M'way 70mph

Scooby Soon!

They have been like that for many years! Or as long as I have ever known!

RobsyUK

iTrader: (2)

I heard that years ago too.`

97TURBO

I always though it only applied from your Luton Van kind of size and upwards

what would scooby do

Been the case for many years. Lots of people get caught out after hiring vans.

Mark'sWRX

I'm amazed most van drivers still have a licence. I'm constantly being overtaken by vans on dual carriageways when crusiding at 70ish.

There is a huge grey area, though. Vans based on cars and some minibuses have normal limits, but some vans have extra seats and are neither one thing nor the other.

Rescue Dude

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The National speed limit for a goods vehicle is 60.

Or 120 if you're driving a Sprinter.

I could be wrong on 60. I'll have to check it.

Its 60 on a dual track but 70 on a motorway for Goods vehicles not exceeding 7.5 tonnes maximum laden weight.

http://www.abd.org.uk/know_your_speed_limits.htm

kj200sx

iTrader: (7)

some smaller vans also break the weight limit inhad a mate get caught in his doblo weighing in at 2010 kg

Rescue Dude

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I had a mate pop round in his 35cwt van and it was really low at the back. I asked him about it and he opened the doors to reveal all his builders tools balanced on top of 2 ton of sand!!!!

dantastic

Goods vehicles fitted with a tachograph have speed limiters fitted to restricted them to a max speed of 56mph, that includes vehicles under 7.5t and that's not optional its the law these days.

robby

we have sprinters at work which are limited to 78mph

corradoboy

Highway Code #123

bolasti

iTrader: (6)

yes they have speed limiters but if your laden and you have a big hill......................... see you later

ive seen other hgv drivers do it when they over take me

tony de wonderful

It's surprising how much grip a white transit has when canned round a roundabout. I was following one today and had to give it some to keep up in my scoob.

mickywrx

iTrader: (29)

I've been driving vans for a living for nearly 9 years now, Persil couldn't get anything cleaner than my license.

As a rule, knock 10mph of whatever the usual limit is when driving a van, except 30 and 40 mph limits.

Mark'sWRX

Then you must be one of the few that knows the rules.

I've driven dozens of cop cars (don't ask) and been overtaken by vans doing 70+ on a d/c. I'm sure the majority of WVM don't know.

dunx

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THe council dictates that we keep mini-buses to 10 mph BELOW the recommended limits !

dunx

P.S. I "obviously" ignore that in a 20/30/40 mph limit...

mickywrx

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Doesn't mean I pay any attention to it though.

GC8

This may be so, but the speed limit for an heavy goods vehicle on the motorway is 60mph. On a dual carriageway (separated by a central reservation) it is 50mph and any single carriagway road is 40mph.

Scooby Soon!

only new ones and some retro fitted for certain years we have a lorry turn up every week (i think its 7.5t) and it has no speed lmiter on it but its quite old about H reg?

Mark'sWRX

Quite! Most HGVs travel flat out (56mph) on all these roads.

The video posted last week showing the lorry hitting the stupid bint coming the wrong way down a slip road showed the lorry was doing 56, so technically speeding. (The article stated the video showed the lorry driver was totally blameless.)

Having said that, it is a stupid law and getting stuck behind one at 40mph on a nice road is mega annoying.

Leslie

Some years ago the speed limit for a van without side windows was 40mph. I had a Mini Van but the first time I went out in it there was a copper following me to see if i was going to exceed 40.

Sold it within a week!

Les