Are National Express drivers trained to stay in the middle lane?

AdrianC

Tarambor wrote: »

Thanks to us being in the EU the limit they had to be set to was 90KPH/56MPH.

Even post-Brexit, 90kph limiters will still be a factor for UK trucks - not least because any truck that's ever going to work within the EU will still need one.


They're legally required by the EU for trucks operating within the EU, not just registered within. If you travel within mainland EU, you'll see a lot of wagons from a lot of "exotic" countries that never come to the UK, due to visa restrictions on drivers. Iran, Russia, Bielorussia - all common. All will be 90kph limited.

sevenhills

Tarambor wrote: »

Thanks to us being in the EU the limit they had to be set to was 90KPH/56MPH. The UK speed limit for HGVs on motorways never changed.

In 2010 -

The government wants the maximum speed limit for heavy goods vehicles up to 7.5 tonnes to be lowered from 70 to 60mph, and minibuses from 70 to 65mph.

Our own Government do make rules too, although they are so incompetant, it probably never happened.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8493905.stm

AdrianC

"Up to 7.5t"

AndyMc.....

Tarambor wrote: »

Yeah actually it does. If it is fitted with a speed limiter it isn't allowed in the outside lane of a 3 or more lane wide motorway.

I'll say it again it doesn't stop them.

I've never said it was legal.

Mercdriver

Deastons wrote: »

Because I'm not a bus or coach driver.

You don't need to be. But if you are expecting a more accurate answer to your inane question, you need a better source.

Deastons

Mercdriver wrote: »

You don't need to be. But if you are expecting a more accurate answer to your inane question, you need a better source.

Which makes me wonder why a load of people have bothered replying to this thread when they have no idea about the answer.

Not impossible that a National Express driver could be a member of this forum.

Car_54

Deastons wrote: »

Which makes me wonder why a load of people have bothered replying to this thread when they have no idea about the answer.

On the contrary, we all know the answer is "No".


But we all have better things to do than waste time and effort in researching chapter and verse in response to your inane question.

System

sevenhills wrote: »

In 2010 -

The government wants the maximum speed limit for heavy goods vehicles up to 7.5 tonnes to be lowered from 70 to 60mph, and minibuses from 70 to 65mph.

Our own Government do make rules too, although they are so incompetant, it probably never happened.

Goods Vehicles UP TO 7.5T which means vans and those dinky trucks that can be driven on a car license if you passed your test before 1997.

The speed limit for goods vehicles OVER 7.5t was and still is 60MPH.

AndyMc.....

Deastons wrote: »

Which makes me wonder why a load of people have bothered replying to this thread when they have no idea about the answer.

Not impossible that a National Express driver could be a member of this forum.

Think about your question.

Do you think National Express will have a policy to train drivers to breach Section 3 of the Road Traffic Act?

James2k

AndyMc..... wrote: »

Do you think

No i don't suppose he does