Would like opinions on what people feel motorway speed limits should be in this country (and Europe for that matter) for trucks and other vehicle classes.
The speed limit for HGV’s is already over 56mph. Unfortunatly regardless of the speed limit its still 56mph as thats what speed limiters are set at.
speed limiters set at 90 kph nothing to do with trucks is stated in old money…except all the road signs are backward governmemnt dosnt update
Is it me or is it the post by hitch that i cannot for the life of me understand any of it…can you please re-write and explain what you are trying to say…
On the original thread the speed limit for HGV`s on a motorway is 60 mph…the fact that limiters are set to 56 is immaterial…but they are soon to be lowered to 50mph or 80 kms an hour…
have a nice day
The 56mph limit was useful in its day when trucks where not as advanced
as they are today, Now we all have soo meny saftey systems to keep us out of trouble that has more comuting power than the Americans used to go to the moon!
It also holds up valuable cargo - Bus Passengers, Just because of the difference in speed from 56mph to 62mph which PCV limiters are set at.
PCV drivers have a problem of the Highway code saying the limit is 70mph, yet The bus will only do 62mph and we now have ABS, EBC and a ton of other saftey systems to keep us safe.
I very much doubt the UK will change this unless the EU changes there policy on speed limiters, Which Im sure will only happen when Hell freezes over or Men from mars land on the planet (just sent them an invertation for Chrismas Party, maybe they will come 
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Sorry everyone I guess I am being confusing. Lets assume the speed limit is 90 kph (the speed limiter setting); I know the limit in the highway code is 60 mph.
Therefore I guess I am asking if 90 kph/56 mph is out of date? What do people think the limit (limiter setting) should be?
truckyboy:
Is it me or is it the post by hitch that i cannot for the life of me understand any of it…can you please re-write and explain what you are trying to say…
On the original thread the speed limit for HGV`s on a motorway is 60 mph…the fact that limiters are set to 56 is immaterial…but they are soon to be lowered to 50mph or 80 kms an hour…
have a nice day
…no its not you bob 
… i dont follow that either
while i personally think 56 is to slow… or 60 on motorway, if it was increased it wouldnt be to long b4 say 65 was deemed to slow… WHERE DOES IT END…
talking about bus,s and coaches, my view here is why should they be allowed to do 62mph when they carry people, humans. ■■ if we crash unless we hit another vehicle the only thing that gets hurt are the contents of a load, when a coach or bus crashes it is human life that gets hurt or worse… to coin mals phrase here. IT AS DAFT AS THAT… barmy
Yes 
Whilst not really the topic of this thread, instead of asking why are buses/coaches allowed 100 kph when they carry passengers, the question should be rather : why aren’t trucks allowed higher speeds on motorways? In Australia they are permitted 100 kph.
i used to drive before speed limiters were introduced, (yes i am that old) the only limiter was your right foot and your road sense, even though i drove at about 100kph which seemed to be the norm,you only had an handfull of lunatics who drove over that speed. less bunching of trucks, quicker overtaking, i dont think you will get rid of speed limiters now but feel they should be set about 100kph
Well, I think 100 kph would be a sensible speed limit, taking into account that trucks have way more hp now than they used to have and the overall higher technical/safety standard.
But I doubt that those in charge of this (in the E.U.) see it the same way… 
daveb0789:
Would like opinions on what people feel motorway speed limits should be in this country (and Europe for that matter) for trucks and other vehicle classes.
r buses and coaches not motorway vehicles…
on topic
oh well…
who really cares,if its 56 or 106.why do you worry so much about the speed does it really bother some of you’s that much 
the faster you go the more your bosses will expect you to do.so do yourselves a favour and don’t get to bothered about it.christ i want my truck brought down to 80 but hey i can’t have everything can i. have a nice day
Thats a real good point there, The faster you can go legaly, The more miricles your boss will expect!..
My minds made up at that, Slow us down!!!
Apparently when coaches were permitted to use lane 3 and do 70 mph they were still only timed at a 52 mph average on motorways. Nowadays the only difference is that there is little or no slack time available on motorways to make up for lost time. So being permitted to travel at higher speeds does not necessarily mean schedules are tightened as a result.
We’ve been here before, having two seperate limits for trucks (one mandatory & one descretionally) does no-one any favours, not to mention the scores of foreign trucks that seem to disregard the limit entirely.
I feel that limit should be set at 60, as is the legal speed limit. Keeping the present system is a failure to recognise the technological developments of today’s modern trucks.
Dazza
56 ? I know you’re not going to like this but got my fully loaded 53 reg 18t (?) MAN off the clock last night going down the M5. Couldn’t belive my eyes !!
Some of ours are limited to 52 for a fuel census thing to do with BP, they say it will improve the mpg.
What they havent taken in to account is that recently we were put on job and finish so most of the drivers are now foot to floor constantly to get home early.
when i got my 53 plate MAN the nite driver was crying about it only doing 54mph and we got it put up to 56,the followinf week the MAN depot at bellshill got a letter from MAN head office in germany telling them the next person that put’s another truck up to a higher speed setting ,then they’d be disciplined