Speed limit on Ford Ranger...
Discussion
chevy55 said:
If it weighs less than 2040kg unladen weight then it's normal car limits, if more than 2040kg then it's 50 single carriageway and 60 on dual and motorways. Looking at the Ford brochure it looks like it falls into the latter category
This is indeed the theoretical situation, I believe. But I've heard from reliable sources as well that they have happily driven up and down the A9 as if they were driving a regular car (i.e. speed) and had no tickets. So a bit confused...Edited by chevy55 on Friday 31st March 17:39
Hi, I have a 2016 Ranger double cab with canopy. I can confirm that for the last 18 months I have driven many roads including the average camera sections from Perth to Glasgow at indicated cruise of 75mph. I have passed, at the same indicated speed, mobile camera vans and the obligatory police car which sits at 68mph...all with no problem. Maybe one day a camera van operator or a police traffic unit might have a different take on my vehicle, but up till now they don't seem to care.
ViperPict said:
This is indeed the theoretical situation, I believe. But I've heard from reliable sources as well that they have happily driven up and down the A9 as if they were driving a regular car (i.e. speed) and had no tickets. So a bit confused...
I've previously been caught for speeding in a van which i stupidly assumed was car derived, and had normal speed limits. It was only flagged up because it was a safety camera van. Been told by a traffic officer they don't pull people over for this sort of speeding but the safety vans are a different kettle of fish. gtsl said:
ViperPict said:
This is indeed the theoretical situation, I believe. But I've heard from reliable sources as well that they have happily driven up and down the A9 as if they were driving a regular car (i.e. speed) and had no tickets. So a bit confused...
I've previously been caught for speeding in a van which i stupidly assumed was car derived, and had normal speed limits. It was only flagged up because it was a safety camera van. Been told by a traffic officer they don't pull people over for this sort of speeding but the safety vans are a different kettle of fish. do yourself a favour and check your vehicle with DVLA. They do record unladen weight but only the mass in service is in the v5.
sometimes the unladen weight is not recorded ie is 0 so in which case I don't know what happens. I expect that if it's not already available then this data will be made available to the companies who install online speed cameras.
this is an interesting article which suggests if the unladen weight is not known they may revert to the gross weight
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mot-spe...
sometimes the unladen weight is not recorded ie is 0 so in which case I don't know what happens. I expect that if it's not already available then this data will be made available to the companies who install online speed cameras.
this is an interesting article which suggests if the unladen weight is not known they may revert to the gross weight
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mot-spe...
lordf said:
How do the Range Rovers and Discos get around this? Their unladen weight is the better part of 2.5 tonnes.
They are considered a passenger car where as a double cab pickup usually falls into the dual purpose vehicle category where the unladen weight matters with regards to speed limits.More info: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/car-der...
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