Limiting vans to 56mph.
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 11:34 pm
From next year (I think), vans with a gross vehicle of weight of over 3.5 tonnes, will be limited to 56mph, like HGVs. What do people think of this? It will probably cause more congestion on motorways and dual carriageways, as vans and trucks will now be taking forever to overtake each other.
Does anybody know anything else about this law? What about coaches? Will these vans still be allowed in the outside lane. Will it make the roads safer? I've a feeling these van drivers are more likely to speed in 30s and 40s to make up for lost time, and this new law could affect the earnings of many self-employed couriers, who do long distance work.
And will this law eventually filter down to small vans? At the moment vans with a GVW of over 2 tonnes are limited to 60 on DCs and 50 and SCs, which I find quite odd, when lots of larger cars have a GVW of over 2 tonnes. I can't see why a Range Rover can do 60mph on a country lane, while a Transit Connect, is limited to 50mph.
Does anybody know anything else about this law? What about coaches? Will these vans still be allowed in the outside lane. Will it make the roads safer? I've a feeling these van drivers are more likely to speed in 30s and 40s to make up for lost time, and this new law could affect the earnings of many self-employed couriers, who do long distance work.
And will this law eventually filter down to small vans? At the moment vans with a GVW of over 2 tonnes are limited to 60 on DCs and 50 and SCs, which I find quite odd, when lots of larger cars have a GVW of over 2 tonnes. I can't see why a Range Rover can do 60mph on a country lane, while a Transit Connect, is limited to 50mph.