So i’m driving in traffic at a steady speed of around 50mph on the A96 in the Scottish Socialist Republic of Sturgeon.
The speed limit of the road is signposted at 60mph.
There is traffic behind me and in front (trucks, buses, cars, etc) and all are happily cruising at the same speed as myself.
We all pass a mobile camera van still cruising around the 50mph mark.
I then realise that the speed limit for trucks in Scotland on that road is 40mph
Does this mean that all the traffic (including me) that passed that van with the exception of cars will be getting a fixed
penalty notice through through the post ?..or, do these vans set there equipment at the speed limit for the road and therefore
everyone at the time was below the limit ?
G Dog:
So i’m driving in traffic at a steady speed of around 50mph on the A96 in the Scottish Socialist Republic of Sturgeon.
The speed limit of the road is signposted at 60mph.
There is traffic behind me and in front (trucks, buses, cars, etc) and all are happily cruising at the same speed as myself.
We all pass a mobile camera van still cruising around the 50mph mark.
I then realise that the speed limit for trucks in Scotland on that road is 40mph
Does this mean that all the traffic (including me) that passed that van with the exception of cars will be getting a fixed
penalty notice through through the post ?..or, do these vans set there equipment at the speed limit for the road and therefore
everyone at the time was below the limit ?
possibly might get the dreaded letter specially on the a96 as it’s classed as a high accident route, thing to remember with the camera van is it has seen you at least 20 seconds before you seen it.
camera will be set at speed limit for that road it is viewing and using apnr to determine if the class of vehicle is speeding or not was what i was told a few years ago at a police open day.
I haven’t been up that way for a lot of years but I’m guessing it’s all still single carriageway as what I’ve read about the dualling scheme for the road suggests it’s quite a way off in the future. Personally I’d brace myself for a fine, no speed awareness courses north of the border.
I believe the cameras in these vans in Scotland are not ‘set’ to any speed. They have to be triggered by an operator and legally that operator has to believe a vehicle is exceeding the speed limit before he can trigger the camera.
In my experience the mobile units don’t seem to bother HGV at 50 and below on the single carriageway. Both A96 and A9 north of Inverness. Transport managers at 2 firms I worked at commented that they only ever saw NIPs for 51 and above.
Buses are permitted to do 50 on the single carriageway and I regularly ‘cruise’ past camera vans at 59/60.
G Dog:
So i’m driving in traffic at a steady speed of around 50mph on the A96 in the Scottish Socialist Republic of Sturgeon.
The speed limit of the road is signposted at 60mph.
There is traffic behind me and in front (trucks, buses, cars, etc) and all are happily cruising at the same speed as myself.
We all pass a mobile camera van still cruising around the 50mph mark.
I then realise that the speed limit for trucks in Scotland on that road is 40mph
Does this mean that all the traffic (including me) that passed that van with the exception of cars will be getting a fixed
penalty notice through through the post ?..or, do these vans set there equipment at the speed limit for the road and therefore
everyone at the time was below the limit ?
Do you only realise the height of your trailer once you hit the bridge?
At the very least you’ll be up before the traffic commissioner for excessive speeding, but will more likely lose your licence and receive a month in prison. There are no speed awareness courses in Scotland.
Scottish driver from Glasgow remembers speed limit in Scotland for HGVs on SC roads is 40 only once he sees a camera van…
I’m not from Scotland and I know that and I keep to it too for the few miles I’m on a B road when I’m doing a scottish night trunk because I often end up getting passed by police on that stretch I do.
In his statement last month, my right hon. Friend also indicated that he was arranging for the erection of signs to remind car drivers of the current 60 m.p.h. speed limit. An appropriate sign has now been designed to remind car drivers of the 60 m.p.h. limit and lorry drivers of the 40 m.p.h. limit. Arrangements are now being made to produce these signs which will replace the existing signs reminding commercial vehicle drivers of the speed limit, and I hope that they will be ready for erection some time next month, just before the onset of the peak tourist traffic in July.
From the ■■■■■■■■■■ Gap to Glasgow the road looked like this.
In his statement last month, my right hon. Friend also indicated that he was arranging for the erection of signs to remind car drivers of the current 60 m.p.h. speed limit. An appropriate sign has now been designed to remind car drivers of the 60 m.p.h. limit and lorry drivers of the 40 m.p.h. limit. Arrangements are now being made to produce these signs which will replace the existing signs reminding commercial vehicle drivers of the speed limit, and I hope that they will be ready for erection some time next month, just before the onset of the peak tourist traffic in July.
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From the ■■■■■■■■■■ Gap to Glasgow the road looked like this.
Was just looking at the same page,
“Some 89 per cent. of lorries are exceeding the 40 mph dual carriageway speed limit.”
ScaniaUltimate:
Ouch.
So pleased I missed that road in those times.
I thought it was tedious enough at 50 due to the length of run without much distraction (nights).
Yes, but you missed out on some fabulous cafes and pubs, some were never closed.
