56mph is the accepted manufactures most economical speed for any vehicle be it car or LGV that why their MPG figures quote 56 mph.
Personally I’ve always thought the 40 on a single carriageway is dangerous as you get plebs ( oops sorry not allowed to say that word) trying to overtake in chancy conditions.
As a professional community I’m sure we can handle the extra 10mph when conditions are right to go to that speed
Yes because 4mph really makes a difference to your sense and safety 
I have no problem with not being on the limiter, or even a lower set limiter, by the way my fellow fred, but I just wish people were honest about it.
Its like the Tescos stickers saying they are “taking my safety seriously”, No, you are taking your PROFITS seriously.
Same same, but different.
I know I am in minority but I dont think it is a good idea,I know people do 50 on 40 mph roads but I bet they are dead alert for people pulling out ect ,when the limit goes up doing 50 will be the norm and I feel there will not be the same attention to the road,on another note the boss will want more work and so rushing about…just get my tin hat
fuse:
on another note the boss will want more work and so rushing about…just get my tin hat
I don’t understand drivers that allow themselves to get “pressured” in this way.
If I’m driving that vehicle I will drive it to MY abilities and at speeds that I am comfortable with and that are as I interpret “safe” for that situation/road/conditions and so on, NOBODY will ever pressure me to drive outside of those self imposed restraints and if they don’t like it they can look for someone else, I’d sooner be unemployed than either dead or up for death by dangerous driving…
If I speed or take a risk its on me, my decision, my problem, end of!
About time, can we do a trip up a long A road without being dive bombed every five seconds by nutters, my experience says yes, as I basically ignored the 40mph limit where safe to do so, and it was always much safer among other vehicles as a result, That said these days I see more cars doing 40mph on an A road than trucks !! maybe we need to enforce a minimum speed for those nobbers ?
As the title said, what are your thoughts?
Whats the point, we can only do 56 anyway.
Radar19:
Whats the point, we can only do 56 anyway.
Tell that to Isaac Newton.
Euro:
Speed kills
increased speed reduces efficiency
consumes more fuel
Increases emissions
reduces the demand for drivers
increases profits
Contradicting yourself there aren’t you, increase in fuel use, reduced efficiency, increased wear and tare, yet reduces costs and increases profits.
So, what’s the word from your bosses regarding a wage increase to go along with this? I mean you’ll be able to get more work done so the wages should go up. If you worked in a factory where you were paid to produce 40 items per hour would you produce 50 for the same money?
People being happy about this seems a bit like turkeys excited about Christmas.
Coffeeholic:
People being happy about this seems a bit like turkeys excited about Christmas.
+1
Couldn’t have put it better myself.
It’s about time, the 40 limit has been outdated for years. I can see plusses and minus’s though A truck at 40mph is a lot easier to overtake than one at 50 on a single carriage way. Not that many car drivers are capable of overtaking it seems a bit of a lost art. On the other hand if the truck is doing 50 maybe most wont want to overtake.
Personally I’m glad as it gives us more scope to use the appropriate speed for the conditions and less chance of being a rolling road block quite so often.
Coffeeholic:
So, what’s the word from your bosses regarding a wage increase to go along with this? I mean you’ll be able to get more work done so the wages should go up. If you worked in a factory where you were paid to produce 40 items per hour would you produce 50 for the same money?People being happy about this seems a bit like turkeys excited about Christmas.
Wage increase for altering the angle your right foot resides at?
How much more work are you actually going to get done? Not much I would say.
Certainly get less HGV speeding fines though.
Hopefully get less people auditioning for a Darwin award by overtaking you on a suicidal stretch of single carriageway.
The new dual carriageway limit just sorts out what has been ridiculous difference between that and a motorway.
puntabrava:
Coffeeholic:
So, what’s the word from your bosses regarding a wage increase to go along with this? I mean you’ll be able to get more work done so the wages should go up. If you worked in a factory where you were paid to produce 40 items per hour would you produce 50 for the same money?People being happy about this seems a bit like turkeys excited about Christmas.
Wage increase for altering the angle your right foot resides at?
No, try reading it again.
Certainly get less HGV speeding fines though.
This is all that matters, being a night driver the 40mph limit is even more of an annoyance when it suits me to get my toe down…the by product is less dive bombing as well, win win.
Nobody is forcing drivers to do the 50mph limit…it is a “limit” not a target as the old instructor saying goes iirc ■■ those who don’t wanna do 50 and slack around doing 40 rock on, still your choice.
dcgpx:
56mph is the accepted manufactures most economical speed for any vehicle be it car or LGV that why their MPG figures quote 56 mph.Personally I’ve always thought the 40 on a single carriageway is dangerous as you get plebs ( oops sorry not allowed to say that word) trying to overtake in chancy conditions.
As a professional community I’m sure we can handle the extra 10mph when conditions are right to go to that speed
When did you last see a car manufacturer quoting 56mph fuel consumption figures? Well over a decade - closer to 20 years ago. Here, and in the rest of Euroland they now quote “Urban”, “Extra Urban” and “Combined” figures, achieved by standard prescribed testing methods. Before that the “official” consumption figures were always quoted at “Simulated Urban Driving”, constant 56mph and constant 75mph (the latter two corresponding with single carriageway and motorway limits in many European countries). Because the 56mph figure was always going to be the best of the three, manufacturers tended to optimise their cars for this speed (as that was the figure on which they would be judged against the competition). The vehicles are not naturally more fuel efficient at that speed - they have been designed to perform that way because that’s the limit on the majority of European roads.
got up this morning at just past nine… a bit later than i meant too, but there you go. did my deliveries, a bit later than expected, and rang the office…
no problem, got the details for my back load, and got on with the job. no stress, no problem,
god, you are in the wrong job…
martinviking:
Just had the email from the DVSA & our new speed limits have been confirmed, from 6th April 2015.
Yippee !
Yippe indeed, to late to save me my last ticket though 
Itll be a nice birthday present.
The-Snowman:
Trucks are limited to 56mph because this is the legal limit. I would assume that if the road limit if increased then the speed limiter can be upped also. But I may be wrong,ive been wrong once before
May I suggest you buy a copy of the highway code? Trucks are limited to 56MPH not because that’s the speed limit in the UK but that 90KPH is what an EU directive says they have to be set to.
