Higher HGV speed limit trial and cameras for A9
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-h … s-25236767
(I’ve searched back ten pages and seen nothing posted on it (with A9 in title) on the last ten pages. Done a Google search of the site with “A9”, nothing in the last 24 hours. Maybe it has already been posted?? I would have thought so by now…)
I think it’s about time big, fat, wide, high-quality, single carriageways had their speed limits revised.
I may be a bit cynical here but who else thinks this has been done to try to justify the average speed cameras. My point is that if you increase the speed limit for Large Commercial Vehicles there is a very good chance that the number of fatal and serious collisions will decrease due to lower levels of impatience. Lo and behold if these limits are increased at the same time as the Average speed Cameras are introduced the the Cameras will be credited with the decrease in collisions therefore the Suits in Hollyrood will take the credit.
Years ago they always said they would not raise the limit to 50 as a lot of drivers already did 50 in 40 limits.
They also said if it was raised then drivers would be doing 60(before limiters) and that would be too fast.
It is good that they are now giving it a trail and with the average cameras in place to prevent the obvious.
The only problem is I doubt some LGV drivers will leave a suitable distance between each other and bunch up as they do already.
This will of course cause frustration for car drivers trying to overtake and also mean their speeds might be higher than they are now as they try to pass a string of vehicles.
It is certainly not going to cut the accident rate as the bad driving from some will still continue.
I’v tried sitting at 50 on that road & you still get the que behind you! Only problem then is the cars have a faster obstacle to try & pass.
Cameras go live and HGV limit raised to 50mph on 28 October.
the 1st camera is just as you come off the the M80 at that roundabout at Dunblane, wonder if the cameras will be set to catch trucks going over 50mph on the dual carriageway between Dunblane and Perth? There’s no reason to be doing 50mph there, IMO anyway.
I drove there today, it’s gonna be a PITA, already cars braking down to 50 when they’re going past the AVERAGE speed cameras, what goes through their heads?
Maybe we need a DCPC for the car drivers.The average speed cameras are really nothing to do with car drivers.