El Cid Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 The government are to raise the national speed limit, as of 6 April 2015, from 50 mph to 60 mph for lorries travelling on dual carriageways, following the increase in speed limits for HGVs on single carriageways announced in July last year. Not seen any information saying it applies to minibuses, but it would be daft not to. The idea is to get all vehicle travelling at the same speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penistone999 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 About time . forcing HGV`s to travel at a slower speed limit than other vehicles is stupid . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 About time . forcing HGV`s to travel at a slower speed limit than other vehicles is stupid . No, what you said is stupid. It takes quite some time relatively speaking for 44 tonnes of hgv to stop, and as a sizeable number on the roads aren't up to snuff anyway it makes little sense for them to be able to go quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penistone999 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 No, what you said is stupid. It takes quite some time relatively speaking for 44 tonnes of hgv to stop, and as a sizeable number on the roads aren't up to snuff anyway it makes little sense for them to be able to go quicker. By slowing them down it causes a build up of traffic behind them and also causes them to struggle going up hill . Increasing the speed limit is common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Ralge Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) The government are to raise the national speed limit, as of 6 April 2015, from 50 mph to 60 mph for lorries travelling on dual carriageways, following the increase in speed limits for HGVs on single carriageways announced in July last year. Not seen any information saying it applies to minibuses, but it would be daft not to. The idea is to get all vehicle travelling at the same speed. Minibus limit NSL single carriageway - 50 mph, d/c 60 mph, m/w 70mph (unless restricted to, say, 62 as is often the case) - no need to change anything, then. And trucks are limited to 56mph, in any case, so unless they are travelling downhill the increase in d/c limit won't involve too much change. The biggest change might be seen on single carriageways but it might just bring truckers back into legality. Following a truck driving at 40 today is a rare event. The changes, therefore, could be a bit of a non-event. Edited April 1, 2015 by DT Ralge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 By slowing them down it causes a build up of traffic behind them and also causes them to struggle going up hill . Increasing the speed limit is common sense. Increasing the limit won't stop them slowing down up that hill South of Leicester sport. It just won't. It's a big hill and they carry a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timeh Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 About time . forcing HGV`s to travel at a slower speed limit than other vehicles is stupid . Its a horrible idea and could make driving on the roads that little bit more dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyranna Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Its a horrible idea and could make driving on the roads that little bit more dangerous. Yeah, definitely; it would be far better to replace more traffic lights with Roundabouts as David Cameron is now planning to do with 'mini motorways' announced last week; also most one-way streets should be made Two-Way, as a LOT of fuel is unnecessarily burned, a lot of time spent waiting in traffic jams, and a lot of wear and tear exacted on vehicles including lorries by driving extra miles in order to gain access to collection/delivery points in towns due to antiquated one-way systems on streets which were built as two-way thoroughfares and traffic lights in inappropriate places such as every 25 metres on many main roads, which must cost many operators of vehicles a HUGE amount in wear to brakes, wheels and engines.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudds1 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I drive hgv,s for a living and a lot of wagons are now restricted by the owners to 52 and they have no plans to remove this restriction once this incresed speed limit comes in so it won't make much difference any way . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafya Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I drive hgv,s for a living and a lot of wagons are now restricted by the owners to 52 and they have no plans to remove this restriction once this incresed speed limit comes in so it won't make much difference any way . The restrictions are more about fuel economy than road safety, this is what I was told when I was doing my class 2 training back in 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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