Have trucks ever been governed to 60mph? I thought it was 100kph
(or 62.5mph) as defined by the EU?
Ian L.
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Whatever speed it is (and it will certainly be metric) it seems to be about 60 on my speedo, which actually means about 57mph.
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I thought it was 56mph actually.....?
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Technically most new trucks are supposed to be governed to 85kmph, which is about 53mph. But when the speed limiter is set up they tend to take advantage of the minor leeway between what is legal and what is not and set them at the absolute upper limit of 90kmph, which is about 56mph.
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As a regular(ish) driver in North Wales on the A55 I can testify that Irish registred trucks pay scant regard to Speed limits. It was a cause of press coverage a couple of years ago (IIRC) when Brunstrom threatened to target them with on the spot fines in response to the UK lorry trade complaining. Driver's nationality
of any truck is a lottery these days, I know a number of UK guys working in the Emrald Isle.
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Technically most new trucks are supposed to be governed to 85kmph, which is about 53mph. But when the speed limiter is set up they tend to take advantage of the minor leeway between what is legal and what is not and set them at the absolute upper limit of 90kmph, which is about 56mph.
56mph is what I thought was the limit as many petrol tankers have a sign on the back stating "Limited to 56mph"
I hope that other road users will be a little more tolerant when behind one as I appreciate being reminded that the guy may be going as fast as possible.
Not that I want to be too close to the sign.
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Well whether it's 56 or 53, I certainly would prefer to keep my distance from them, as Henry says.
Better to be a bit late than risk a collision with one of those, IMO.
Take care everyone, especially all of you involved in long journies and daily commuting.
HF
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I forgot to add that I also understand that the Republic of Ireland drivers cannot get points on their driving licences in this country for speeding, they can only get fined. And often it is cheaper for their employer to pay the fine for the speeding as their increased work rate and profit generated is greater than the fines that they rack up. It is also a well known fact in the lorry driving game that if you are doing a run that involves some tampering of your speed limiter try and get in the middle of a convoy of Irish trucks as your chances of getting a pull by the law are greatly reduced as the police don't tend to bother the Irish boys.
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EC 92/24 states that if the speed limiter has a technical tolerance of 5 km/h, then the set speed should be 85 km/h. If the technical tolerance is less than 5 km/h, then the limiter should be set up in such a way that the speed cannot exceed 90 km/h. Cars speedo over-read by around 5 - 10 percent at this speed. I was overtaken by a German truck (left hand drive) while doing 100 km/h in my coach. It must have been doing 110 km/h plus!
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