Discussion
Did anyone see the episode of 'Fake Britain' on BBC1 recently when truck tachos were being discussed.
To show how tacho records were being 'faked' they drove a large truck without a trailer at 100 mph with a police driver and a marked car on 'blues & twos' in front. The dual carriageway was not sealed and other vehicles were being overtaken at those speeds.
Now one might wonder whether the speed rating of truck tyres covers speeds of 100 mph sustained on a dry road and whether it was, in fact, quite dangerous. Would you like to do 100 mph in a truck on standard truck tyres, or even be overtaken by one? It appeared very irresponsible really, unless there is going to be a truck tyre expert along to tell us what the max. sustained speed rating of a truck tyre is.
To show how tacho records were being 'faked' they drove a large truck without a trailer at 100 mph with a police driver and a marked car on 'blues & twos' in front. The dual carriageway was not sealed and other vehicles were being overtaken at those speeds.
Now one might wonder whether the speed rating of truck tyres covers speeds of 100 mph sustained on a dry road and whether it was, in fact, quite dangerous. Would you like to do 100 mph in a truck on standard truck tyres, or even be overtaken by one? It appeared very irresponsible really, unless there is going to be a truck tyre expert along to tell us what the max. sustained speed rating of a truck tyre is.
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