A road speed limit to rise

[powerstroke]

Out of the blue !!! In the news the hated and stupid 40mph limit
To rise 10 mph next year for trucks over 7.5 ton.

[bigfatnick]

good stuff! plus a consultation on the same for dual carriageways. looks like only england and wales though! shame scotland didnt think ahead, got 3 points on the a1 near cockburnspath few weeks ago :-(

[leggly]

I wonder if the supermarkets will allow their drivers to do it? If not it's pointless.

[R0G]

About time

[GTIR]

leggly said:

I wonder if the supermarkets will allow their drivers to do it? If not it's pointless.

Initially probably not as they save so much money on fuel.

About time though.

[Johnnytheboy]

Like every other ending-the-war-on-the-motorist measure proposed by this government I'll wait until it happens before I celebrate.

[Humper]

Not happening up here

[GTIR]

Johnnytheboy said:

Like every other ending-the-war-on-the-motorist measure proposed by this government I'll wait until it happens before I celebrate.

No need for celebrations, just do 50mph anyway!

[MC Bodge]

A-road limits for cars are continuing to plummet around here. Hurrah!

[anonymous-user]

Humper said:

Not happening up here

Sorry Humper, I really want to sympathise but having seen the many shots you post in "views from your cab" I suspect lightning is more likely to strike than a copper with a speed gun where you drive........not jealous at all obviously!!!!

[bigfatnick]

GTIR said:

No need for celebrations, just do 50mph anyway!

i suppose its just legalising what 90% of us do anyway.

[a4cabrio]

leggly said:

I wonder if the supermarkets will allow their drivers to do it? If not it's pointless.

I drive for a supermarket (Tesco) and I asked about this yesterday and got told that no decision would be made until if/when the speed limit was changed

[a4cabrio]

GTIR said:

Initially probably not as they save so much money on fuel.

About time though.

While no doubt there is a fuel saving side to the supermarket speed limits, I know that Tesco implement the speed limits due to not wanting to be seen thundering around on roads dragging a 40ft trailer with tesco plastered all over it, so it's more a safety & public relations exercise than a fuel saving exercise

[agent006]

I thought the limit anywhere other than a 30 was 56mph anyway?

[GC8]

More of a target...

[DrDeAtH]

Time to get rid of the 56mph limiters...

Let the drivers actually drive the trucks properly

[davepoth]

DrDeAtH said:

Time to get rid of the 56mph limiters...

Let the drivers actually drive the trucks properly

I agree 100%. Removing the limiters do a lot to rid us of the biggest bugbear of motorists - elephant racing.

[mph1977]

agent006 said:

I thought the limit anywhere other than a 30 was 56mph anyway?

not sure if serious ?

on a serious point a lack of enforcement by the police, VOSA and many operators has led to the 40 mph speedlimit being ignord


to answer the popint of those moaning aobt A road speed limits 'plummeting' all those now 50s will , however have everyone doing 50 on them assuming the supermarkets don't decide to enforce a lower target speed (via tracking) for SCs - though that said they don;t enforce lower limits on DCs and even if the speedlimiter is turned down from 56 it;s 52/53/54

in terms of limiters - Absolutely remove the limiters from LGVs and PCVs however mandate independent GPS tracking and so on - be careful what you wish for an on-vehicle solution doesn;t create an impetus for remote enforcement and road pricing infrastructure to be put in place ...

[GC8]

I wouldn't support a move to delimit HGVs, even if it were possible, which it is not.

The absolute speed limit for an HGV is 60mph in this country remember; the 56mph/90kph limit comes from the EU and their law supersedes our own.

[Humper]

NorfolkInClue1 said:

Sorry Humper, I really want to sympathise but having seen the many shots you post in "views from your cab" I suspect lightning is more likely to strike than a copper with a speed gun where you drive........not jealous at all obviously!!!!

Surprisingly there are quite a few.