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Should HGVs speed limits be upgraded?
Any regular user of the roads knows that its not usually the speed that kills but the disparity between the slowest vehicle on that road combined with the fastest. If cars are allowed to do 80 and HGVs remained the same this gap will increase.
Also its the container traffic that would benefit from a higher speed limit as the driver is confined to a set number of driving hours.
Therefore if we want to improve efficiency should HGVs have their max speed adjusted?
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Also its the container traffic that would benefit from a higher speed limit as the driver is confined to a set number of driving hours.
Therefore if we want to improve efficiency should HGVs have their max speed adjusted?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.As you can see from this chart except for urban roads there is quite a disparity across the whole of Europe for vans and lorries
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restrict all hgv's to the inside lane on 2 lane motorways, allow them into the second lane on three way lane motorways for overtaking. this would speed up the domestic users and reduce accidents caused by idiot hgv's who suddenly indicate and pull out to try to overtake another hgv that is going 1/2 a mile an hour slower, hence causing a car doing 70/80 mph to slow suddenly, which then causes all the tailgaters behind him to brake suddenly. I travel from Lincolnshire to London twice a week, and come back in the dark. The hgv's on the A14 are deadly, most of them being foreign. Listen to the traffic reports on the radio each morning, A14 nearly always mentioned. why? Because the road has two lanes, HGV's trying to overtake each other are the problem. London has bus lanes, A roads and motorways should have hgv lanes. But for Gods sake don't let Boris take control of them.
That bit of the A14 to the A1 is a nightmare. I have never seen so many HGV's and I thought the M25 was bad. As you get nearer London on the M11, there is a "trial section" where HGV's are restricted to the inside lane for a couple of miles
at certain times of the day. thats a start, either build wider motorways and create employment for the locals ( not imported labour) or restrict the HGV's.
As I said earlier, most of them have foreign number plates, so I don't know if they pay any road tax in this country, or even buy their fuel here, so lets put some order into this country.
at certain times of the day. thats a start, either build wider motorways and create employment for the locals ( not imported labour) or restrict the HGV's.
As I said earlier, most of them have foreign number plates, so I don't know if they pay any road tax in this country, or even buy their fuel here, so lets put some order into this country.
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My answer to this question:
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Might help explain the confusion between HGV speed limits and speed limiters.
http://www.theanswerb.../Question1058912.html
Might help explain the confusion between HGV speed limits and speed limiters.
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