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« on: March 27, 2019, 01:23:05 PM »

I didn't think this would actually happen. Although I'm a steady driver, I can't say I like the idea.


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« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2019, 01:47:31 PM »


The quote at the end is in the conversation for dumbest thing ever said.

I didn’t think they’d do it either, seems to be like an obvious and sensible thing to do though.
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« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2019, 09:22:06 AM »

Lots of vehicles already on the road with speed limiters.
The minibus I occasionally drive for school is limited to 62mph. HGVs are limited to 56.

There are benefits beyond safety issues too. Traffic will flow so much better on Motorways and dual-carriageways and will handle lane reductions better because speeds are in a smalle range.
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« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2019, 09:27:40 AM »

Lots of vehicles already on the road with speed limiters.
The minibus I occasionally drive for school is limited to 62mph. HGVs are limited to 56.

There are benefits beyond safety issues too. Traffic will flow so much better on Motorways and dual-carriageways and will handle lane reductions better because speeds are in a smalle range.

The legislation isn't for that sort of speed limiter.

It's more about things like getting cars to change speed if they spot a speed limit sign, but you can over ride it anyway (for example).
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« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2019, 01:02:15 PM »

Car ownership and human driving has a limited shelf life imo.

Maybe a generation or two before both are historical quirks
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« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2019, 07:28:22 PM »

HGVs are limited to 56.

They're supposed to be limited to 56, but I've had times where I've been doing 65 on a motorway and a HGV overtake me. I think a lot of drivers know how to deactivate them...
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« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2019, 07:34:37 PM »

HGVs are limited to 56.

They're supposed to be limited to 56, but I've had times where I've been doing 65 on a motorway and a HGV overtake me. I think a lot of drivers know how to deactivate them...

If they do it will show up on the tachograph.
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« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2019, 07:00:15 AM »

HGVs are limited to 56.

They're supposed to be limited to 56, but I've had times where I've been doing 65 on a motorway and a HGV overtake me. I think a lot of drivers know how to deactivate them...

If they do it will show up on the tachograph.

That may well have been a truck running from Stranraer to Dover en route to the continent. Those guys are legendary. Tacho discs can get lost, or put in upside down, or just not put in...
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