last week speeding lorrys?!

[TDi90]

i could not believe what u saw last saturday on the M25.
it was about 2:45-3:00 AM and i was driving up north to stanstead airport above london from the south.
was in the slow lane doing around 75in my skoda auto, and these lights approached fast in my rear view mirror so i thought nothing of it, until i realised what it was  :o

AN ARCTIC in the fast lane doing probably at a guess 80-85+  :o :o :o :o :o
i thought these machines were limited to around 56mph?!! was so so weird???

Rob

[gtomo2]

Uk ones are bet it had a irish number plate  ::)

[TDi90]

nope UK reg.  ???

[strapping young lad]

hmm ive seen trucks with these dodgy plates whereby if you see it in the naked light its one plate and if you shine a light on it the plate changes to a different one!


i want them! :P

[Disco Matt]

I don't know much about HGVs, but isn't there a fuse for the limiter that, if pulled, disables it? Sure I've read about one incident where someone did that. Highly illegal of course, and would show up on the tacho, but that never stops some people!

The scary ones here used to be the 7.5 tonners operated by Hippo Campo (frozen foods) - the number of times I had one of them tailgating me at 60mph. What they didn't seem to have twigged was that trying to bully a Disco out of the way is a bit of a non-starter, plus I left them standing on hills and twisty bits. ;D

[Sharpshooter]

I don't know much about HGVs, but isn't there a fuse for the limiter that, if pulled, disables it? Sure I've read about one incident where someone did that. Highly illegal of course, and would show up on the tacho, but that never stops some people!

The scary ones here used to be the 7.5 tonners operated by Hippo Campo (frozen foods) - the number of times I had one of them tailgating me at 60mph. What they didn't seem to have twigged was that trying to bully a Disco out of the way is a bit of a non-starter, plus I left them standing on hills and twisty bits. ;D

Your right in one sence. You did used to be able to pull the fuse. As the govenor is driven from the tacho drive. But nowa-days with digital tacho's im not so sure.

7.5 tonners arnt governed. Thats why they are always up your but on the motorway.
But they still arnt allowed in the outside lane.

I was coming down the M20 a couple of weeks ago. In front were three foreign Artics,one in each lane, all doing the same speed, all bar 1/2mph overtaking each other. I had to wait about 5 mins to pass.  :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X

[meader]

i think all 7.5tonns on a 57 plates are now  stuck at 56mph as they come under the new driving laws

[gtomo2]

yea they should be restrict to 60mph now and are not allowed in the three lane of the motorway

[Sooty]

i think all 7.5tons on a 57 plates are now  stuck at 56mph as they come under the new driving laws

Nearly right.
We have a number of 7.5 ton vehicles at work, the oldest being 04 plate and they are all restricted.
The difference in the 04 plates and the 57 plates are that the 04 have the old style tachos with a paper disc and the 57 plates have the electronic card type.
They are all restricted and not allowed in the right hand lane on a motorway with more than two lanes.

[mobi]

we have 52 plate 7.5 tonners that are restricted and we have 56 plates thats aren't, the law states that the older ones had to be restricted before the newer ones (thats the government for you) i "think" it's april before they all have to be restricted :shock:

as for the arctic doing over 56mph, it's not just a case of pulling the fuse anymore, but there are ways around the limiter. but in not telling  :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[DEANO3528]

Which will cause an outside lane tailback of gargantuan proportions as every vehicle will be trying to overtake the 1 mph slower one. Then you will get the car drivers moaning even more and so more M42 style 'one lane only' restricions will be placed.
I don't agree with limiters and never will, they cause more problems than they solve.

[jjsaul]

i was on the M6 coming south nr J16 a few months ago doing about 75ish in the nearside lane (it was very quiet!!!) and an irish registered artic came tanking it past me on a downhill   :shock:

[paulhumphries]

A mate used to work for a big company (Excel Logistics) that did deliveries at night to various clothing stores.
They had, I think, Scania's with paper Tacho's.
He said that if you turned off the ignition when the limiter was at max then when it turned back on then straight away it overrided the max speed.
Of course the company sent a memo out to all drivers not to do this but all it did was tell those who didn't realise the limiter could be overridden how to do it  :roll:

Paul Humphries

[mobi]

the only problem with turning the key back is if you keep doing it, it shorts the wires out  :shock:
with scania's the easy way of getting over the limiter is on a down hill run is to dip the clutch then come off the clutch and back down on the gas, works better on the older ones 03 plate or older. :lol: