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Old 24-07-2009 | 04:11 PM
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these are not restricted from 70mph on motorway are they?

got one on hire this weekend and want to know the speed i need to go through cameras at
Old 24-07-2009 | 04:13 PM
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our work one isn't !!

( not that i'd ever dream of exceeding the speed limit of course )
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50 on single lane a/b road with nsl with green signage
60 on dual carriageway a road with nsl with green signage
70 on motorways with blue signage
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i know they can do more than 70, but legally are they a 70, or a 60 limit?
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i thought he meant limited as in... limited
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50 on single lane a/b road with nsl with green signage
60 on dual carriageway a road with nsl with green signage
70 on motorways with blue signage
sweet, i hoped you would see this!
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Originally Posted by Mk1-stu
i thought he meant limited as in... limited
i wouldnt have had a problem then


i just didnt want to go through a camera at 70, then get done as they are limited to 60
Old 24-07-2009 | 04:38 PM
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On the transit.org forum this has been asked many times and the answer seems to be 60 on the motorway, as the vehicle is not based on a car derived chassis and is 2ton+ capacity.

Best to check with the DVLA just to be sure, but its not easy to find on their site either!
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Originally Posted by JTECHSAFF
i wouldnt have had a problem then


i just didnt want to go through a camera at 70, then get done as they are limited to 60

Surey the speed camera would not know you are a van anyway? unless the camera is in a cop car?
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Best chack the tax disc if your not sure. It will either be PLG or Light van. I'm sure the connect is 60mph on dual carraigeway and 70mph on motorway,

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i was in my swb transit and got pulled over for speeding on in a 70 for doing 70, they said being a commercial vehicle i shouldnt exceed 60mph, fuck that though lol.
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it says lgv on the tax discs

and inside all the cabs they have these stickers which i can't show you right about now but they say:

vehicle restrictions
speed 50/60/70
height 8ft/2.4m
gv weight 3.5 tonnes
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^^^^ the man speaks the truth
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Originally Posted by Icurus
On the transit.org forum this has been asked many times and the answer seems to be 60 on the motorway, as the vehicle is not based on a car derived chassis and is 2ton+ capacity.

Best to check with the DVLA just to be sure, but its not easy to find on their site either!

that logic only applies to a roads where the transit is not a van derived from a car chassis like the vx combo is (it's a corsa) but you can get away with it in a fiesta van as it's based on a fiesta

when you go up a weight category to the likes of the 3.5-7.5 ton classes, that's when there is proper confusion on the motorways
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im glad im not the only one who wasnt sure!

shes all loaded up, blackpool here i come!
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Originally Posted by dojj
it says lgv on the tax discs

and inside all the cabs they have these stickers which i can't show you right about now but they say:

vehicle restrictions
speed 50/60/70
height 8ft/2.4m
gv weight 3.5 tonnes
Are those figures for the connect as i thought that was the little van, not seen one 8ft tall or 3.5 tonnes.

Steve
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Originally Posted by Icurus
On the transit.org forum this has been asked many times and the answer seems to be 60 on the motorway, as the vehicle is not based on a car derived chassis and is 2ton+ capacity.

Best to check with the DVLA just to be sure, but its not easy to find on their site either!
But 7.5 tonners can do 70, doesn't that strike you as odd?

It's 100% 70, only hgv's that are 60, unless it's a non hgv which is towing.

What you state means it's 50/60/70 as dojj has said.
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Originally Posted by Moonstone Steve
Are those figures for the connect as i thought that was the little van, not seen one 8ft tall or 3.5 tonnes.

Steve
I expect even the connect is over 2 tonne gvw though?

2040kg's pops up a lot on google, so van limits apply, not a lot over but still....
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But 7.5 tonners can do 70, doesn't that strike you as odd?

It's 100% 70, only hgv's that are 60, unless it's a non hgv which is towing.

What you state means it's 50/60/70 as dojj has said.
7.5 tonners are restricted to <92 kph from 2001, i check hundreds every week



i assumed as the connects gvw is <3.5t , its not a hgv ,so would be 70mph limit

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Restricted yes, but ALLOWED legally to do 70
For example up to weight and downhill out of gear.

Have the older ones been retro fitted limiters now then?

Load of wank, all lorries and a lot of vans all limited to same speed, should be 2 mph between the types; feel a right twat when I drive the works merc van and crawl past a wagon at 1/10th mph faster with people up my arse thinking I'm some kind of cunt for not putting my toe down
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Originally Posted by dojj
that logic only applies to a roads where the transit is not a van derived from a car chassis like the vx combo is (it's a corsa) but you can get away with it in a fiesta van as it's based on a fiesta
Try going across the severn bridge saying that, you've got no chance They escorted me back over to England as i refused to pay truck rate for a fooking corsa van, thats right it wasn't even the combo version
Probably didn't help when i mentioned I'd pay £100 to leave Wales and they should be paying me to enter lol
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yes 2001 onwards must be limited. we can prosecute if the tacho says otherwise

and part of the annual test is to test the limiters set speed and k factor

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Originally Posted by JTECHSAFF
yes 2001 onwards must be limited. we can prosecute if the tacho says otherwise

and part of the annual test is to test the limiters set speed and k factor
MSD would prosecute??
See why they hired you lol.

An advantage to having an older one then; like the old P reg volvos we had, turn the key back a bit and lose the speed limiter

No ones found a way on the 53 plate ones
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im at vosa untill the 7th! lol
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Didn't realise you were with that lot bloody hell

Luckily when I got pulled in one of the wrecks I had they were more concerned with the operators licence number, was lowest they'd seen...
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yeah not for long though,

they seem to take a dim view of me power sliding the m5 in the yard lol

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Any van not car derived is limited to 60 on motorway,or any commercial vehical obver 2 tone gross ask ksa cossie lol he got the points in a connect lol

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Yearly test only checks k factor reads same as sticker,doesnt test it is corect for speed on road,ie k factor could be doing 95 kmh but only showing 89 kmh on head,and k factor machine read same as sticker,if dill switches are done right so a point less test,just like the limiter sticker and the new wide angle declaration letter

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yeah k factor matches caliberation plaque,
and we check limiter cut speed ,
tacho must be within 5 kph of the caliberation speed, we use the set k factor to determine this

what a farce that mirror form is pmsl

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Jtech am i right pm me if you want lol

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cool, im glad i asked now, 60 it is!
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What's 60?!
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Originally Posted by STUCOS
Any van not car derived is limited to 60 on motorway,or any commercial vehical obver 2 tone gross ask ksa cossie lol he got the points in a connect lol

cheeRS stu
60!
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Originally Posted by JTECHSAFF
60!
Ok he's right, and highway code is wrong.

Along with these people http://www.roadtransport.com/Article...ed-limits.html

And all the freight and hire companys with their 50/60/70 stickers.
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same as cars if under 2 ton it says, mines over 2ton?
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http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAn...code/DG_070304

Government say 70 too.
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It's fookin' 70!

There's no doubt about it, it's 70, as is an SWB Transit.

I hire an SWB Transit from a big hire place quite regularly and it's got a big sticker in the side window saying "Know Your Limits", and telling you what the speed limit is for that vehicle on each type of road, and on a motorway it's 70.

Anyone who tells you any differently is talking shit!
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You sure Mike?

I know the single and dual carriageway van limits are widely unknown, but thought everyone knew it was 70 on motorway.
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Got done a 3 yrs ago in a vw lt van,doing 89 ,got the speach from the traffic cop and the booklet on speed limits.oh and a big fine ,oh and the uk speed limit for a 44 tone artic is still 60

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Originally Posted by snoopaloopa
Try going across the severn bridge saying that, you've got no chance They escorted me back over to England as i refused to pay truck rate for a fooking corsa van, thats right it wasn't even the combo version
Probably didn't help when i mentioned I'd pay £100 to leave Wales and they should be paying me to enter lol
well, the connects pay the cheap car rate along the M6toll but they pay the van rate on the severn bridge AND on the ferry's going to the isle of wight so someones not keeping thigns the same

but it's the same price for the transit on the bridge and ferry but it's £( on the M6 toll


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