
By Graeme Wearden
Published: Friday 24 October 2003
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Name
Ronald Poulston
Location
doncaster.
Occupation
hgv owner retired and gratefull.
Comment
For Andrew Bennett and any other car driver that is unaware as yet, all modern hgv,s are fitted with a speed restricter that limits them to 56 mph and an even lower speed is planned, that is why you are seeing large "convoys" of slow movers and being held up when one is trying to pass the other. What you should be asking is "what idiot decided to impose a 56 mph limit on vehicles on a 70 mph motorway". This does not apply to the older hgv,s and so now on the motorways we have, 70 for cars, 65 for coaches, 60 for older hgv,s and 56 for newer hgv,s. Thats the suits in brussels again. Try to find some sense in that one.Not forgetting the wonder boys (and girls) in cars that feel there aint a limit!!!!!!
As you should be aware and as the industry is awar...
Ronald Poulston
yawn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lee bennett
Well this speed monitoring idea sounds a good one ...
Andrew Morgan
tacho's were meant to do just that... this wont wo...
56 mph @ all times
For Andrew Bennett and any other car driver that i...
Ronald Poulston
Reply to Ronald Poulston
Nice one mate I’ve bee...
Tootie
Keep cars out of lane one on a three lane motorway...
Rob McMahon
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