Evening all,
Anybody point me to a .gov site that details exactly what requires a speed limiter & exemptions.
obvious reasons 
thanks
John
Toytown ypu are like a child on Xmas morning⌠lol
I wouldnt even know where to begin with a link but im 11o% sure someone here will!!
Goodluck with the BIGGA peas trailer!!
Kev
Speedlimiters
Legislation has been introduced which means that certain
lorries must now be fitted with a speedlimiter. From 1st
August 1992 all new goods vehicles which have a
maximum gross weight exceeding 7,500kg, and are able
to go over 60mph when empty, must be fitted with a
speedlimiter.
A speedlimiter must be sealed by an âauthorisedâ sealer
so as to prevent tampering and it must be set to produce
a speed not over 60mph.
These requirements also apply to goods vehicles first
used from 1st January 1968 and having a maximum gross
weight over 16,000kg. Speedlimiters should have been
fitted to these vehicles.
Every vehicle with a speedlimiter must also be equipped
with a plate supplied by the authorised sealer of the
limiter. It must be placed in an obvious position on the
vehicle with the words âSpeedlimiter Fittedâ clearly visible.
A new EC proposal will require speedlimiters to be fitted
to goods vehicles over 12 tonnes gross weight first used
from January 1994. Vehicles first used between 1988 and
1993 doing cross border transport will need the
instrument to be fitted by 1st January 1995 but those
doing purely UK national operations have until 1st
January 1996. Limiters will have to be set at 90 km/h.
This is 56mph.
lol would you belive it i was reading this when i thought iw oudl check up in here lol and guess what page i was on usdaw.org.uk/getactive/resou ⌠sHbook.pdf no idea if any use but may be a start its about halfway thorugh it ( you will need adobe acrobat to read it ) but that is common now to have so you should have it
your magnum does 
ok some more mumbo jumbo lol ( .gov talk) along same lines as before but a bit more fancy lol dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/d ⌠21-01.hcsp
also from a company that fits them etc speed-limiters.com/legislation.htm
Dont you just love google 
and good luck with the Mean green machine lol
metalhead10:
These requirements also apply to goods vehicles first
used from 1st January 1968 and having a maximum gross
weight over 16,000kg. Speedlimiters should have been
fitted to these vehicles.
ITYM 1988
EC regulations started then for vehicles 12000kg+
your magnum does
Just what iâm trying to work out Denis 
Itâs taxed as a private vehicle & not goods, so i just want to read the rules & see exactly how they word it
Not that i am really that bothered, just want to know
if its fitted it must work as with the speed limiter,when it goes for its mot you can ask for the rules on it,they may even exempt it there and then â â
Maybe i should explain why i am askingâŚ
when i tested our last coach (which had a defective limiter), the VI wernât even interested because it wasnât âcommercialâ.
BUT âŚ
the coach was a âmotor caravanâ on the V5 (although the VI never saw this but was fitted out & class 4 tested)
Although the truck will be used for the same purposes, because itâs still a unit, i think i might need to have the limiter working â â
More of a minefield that runing one on ânormalâ business.
I assume you all agree that i DO NOT have to use the tacho ?
Toytown:
Although the truck will be used for the same purposes, because itâs still a unit, i think i might need to have the limiter working â âMore of a minefield that runing one on ânormalâ business.
I assume you all agree that i DO NOT have to use the tacho ?
definitely tacho exempt - private use.
limiter rules in brief here
note weights are all design weights
Toytown:
I assume you all agree that i DO NOT have to use the tacho ?
You dont, but you would always find it easier to show the Officer a tacho card, than to explain why exactly you didnt need one.
Tacho cards aren`t expensive so it might be less trouble to adopt a pragmatic approach and use them anywayâŚ
Vince
Hi Vince,
might be less trouble to adopt a pragmatic approach and use them anyway
I quite agree with you, & it also gives the added bonus of proving my speed if the case arises
Still one hurdle though, waiting for VOSA to pull me for not displaying an O licence & going thru the waffle about private use (& proving it).
thanks for the advice Vince, will adopt the âbelt & bracesâ approach to tachoi use i think
With regard to being stopped for failure to display an O licence, I think that by the time you are finished here, no-one will imagine that the vehicle is being put to commercial use.
VI Inspector- âWhat`s the shower for, Sonny?â
You- So the 22 pallets of groupage can get freshened up before we arrive"
Vince