Looks like I will be taking Linseed out to Belgium and bring wheat back to the UK from France in the New Year - can anyone give advice to keep me legal once i get off the train/ferry - thanks 
Make sure you get the Vignette for Belgium, you can get this at the tunnel terminal.
The only other thing to watch for are driving restrictions in France for Public Holidays, Sundays and the busy holiday season.
Apart from that everything else is pretty much as the UK although there are certain documents you need to carry, see this thread
Coffeeholic:
Make sure you get the Vignette for Belgium, you can get this at the tunnel terminal.The only other thing to watch for are driving restrictions in France for Public Holidays, Sundays and the busy holiday season.
Apart from that everything else is pretty much as the UK although there are certain documents you need to carry, see this thread
Keep your distance, drive on the right and donât overtake in heavy rain.
They have a few different signs too but normally only enforce them after you have run up the arse of another truck 
Not forgetting the blanket ban on trucks overtaking on 2 lane motorways or dual carriageways between 06.00 and 19.00 in Belgium, helpfully signed by this reminder:
This sign actually indicates that overtaking is, in fact, allowed between 19.00 and 06.00 
They are now starting to add supplementary signs with the times underneath.
The standard European sign:
is obviously not good enough for them, so they have gone with their own wacky idea, which doubtless swells the coffers of their flat broke country as the signs are unclear to most folk from other parts of Europe
Itâs a bit inconsistent because signs with a blue background generally give a positive instruction (you must turn left/right, you must do this minimum speed etc) so this would tend to tell me that trucks must overtake cars, and that a car overtaking a truck has not followed the instruction.
Wheel Nut:
Yeah, you canât take Cruise Control with you into many places over the water. Heâs banned from Antwerp for example 
Harry Monk:
Itâs a bit inconsistent because signs with a blue background generally give a positive instruction (you must turn left/right, you must do this minimum speed etc) so this would tend to tell me that trucks must overtake cars, and that a car overtaking a truck has not followed the instruction.
No, the blue round signs are âmustâ ones (you must turn left/right, you must drive with minimum speed of⌠etc). The square ones are called âinformative signsâ and they just give you an information. If you see the sign for a gas station it does not mean that you have to refuel⌠Itâs just gives you an information that you can if you want.
orys:
Harry Monk:
Itâs a bit inconsistent because signs with a blue background generally give a positive instruction (you must turn left/right, you must do this minimum speed etc) so this would tend to tell me that trucks must overtake cars, and that a car overtaking a truck has not followed the instruction.No, the blue round signs are âmustâ ones (you must turn left/right, you must drive with minimum speed of⌠etc). The square ones are called âinformative signsâ and they just give you an information. If you see the sign for a gas station it does not mean that you have to refuel⌠Itâs just gives you an information that you can if you want.
Indeed, and if you see the blue square one with a P on it you donât have to park. 
Really appreciated - thanks guys
Express Pete:
Really appreciated - thanks guys
And illegal immigrants love tippers, it is like relaxing in a big jacuzzi for them 
Wheel Nut:
Express Pete:
Really appreciated - thanks guysAnd illegal immigrants love tippers, it is like relaxing in a big jacuzzi for them
When I was on bulk tippers, you could smuggle any amount of tobacco in through Dover in a load of pre-limed wet animal bones, Customs wouldnât go within a mile of the trailer⌠allegedly
On the E40 between Ghyvelde (France) & Jabbeke (Belgium),you are allowed to overtake at any time, as indicated by blue square sign without time under it .This is likely to change within the new year to a total ban on overtaking for trucks on this section 
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You may think that theâ no cruise controlâ sign is mad, from January youâll start to see âno GPSâ signs,due to the fact that so many foreign ( mainly Eastern block) drivers end up in the middle of fields or the wrong way on âone way streetsâ just blindly following their GPS systems.
Geoffo:
On the E40 between Ghyvelde (France) & Jabbeke (Belgium),you are allowed to overtake at any time, as indicated by blue square sign without time under itYou may think that theâ no cruise controlâ sign is mad, from January youâll start to see âno GPSâ signs,due to the fact that so many foreign ( mainly Eastern block) drivers end up in the middle of fields or the wrong way on âone way streetsâ just blindly following their GPS systems.
We beat Belgium to it, to stop Belgians using sat navs in stupid places.
Wheel Nut:
Geoffo:
On the E40 between Ghyvelde (France) & Jabbeke (Belgium),you are allowed to overtake at any time, as indicated by blue square sign without time under itYou may think that theâ no cruise controlâ sign is mad, from January youâll start to see âno GPSâ signs,due to the fact that so many foreign ( mainly Eastern block) drivers end up in the middle of fields or the wrong way on âone way streetsâ just blindly following their GPS systems.
We beat Belgium to it, to stop Belgians using sat navs in stupid places.
HA HA!!! Itâs also a better looking sign than ours .