Speed Limit for van?

[ciderminx]

I drive a Sprinter that has a max laden weight of 3.5 tonnes, but normally weighs around 2.2 tonnes. Does that mean i should only be driving at 60 on a duel carriageway and 50 on a single carriageway?
Please don't say yes....I've always driven to the same limits as for a car.

[andy_quantum]

Oops

[ciderminx]

actually thats a lie, i sometimes, very occasionally, with the wind behind me, find myself going slightly over the limits for a car.....

honest guv

[andy_quantum]

I'm sure the speedo in that Sprinter over reads you know

[ciderminx]

I heard they can over-read by as much as 20 or 30mph?!?

Hmmm, must take the weights out of my right boot.

[Derek Smith]

ciderminx said:

I drive a Sprinter that has a max laden weight of 3.5 tonnes, but normally weighs around 2.2 tonnes. Does that mean i should only be driving at 60 on a duel carriageway and 50 on a single carriageway?
Please don't say yes....I've always driven to the same limits as for a car.

Goods vehicles not exceeding 7.5 tonnes maximum laden weight = 50mph - single carriageway road; 60mph - dual carriageway; 70mph motorway. No fixed speed camera to my knowledge is equipped to clock at lower speeds.

[Derek Smith]

Derek Smith said:

ciderminx said:

I drive a Sprinter that has a max laden weight of 3.5 tonnes, but normally weighs around 2.2 tonnes. Does that mean i should only be driving at 60 on a duel carriageway and 50 on a single carriageway?
Please don't say yes....I've always driven to the same limits as for a car.

Goods vehicles not exceeding 7.5 tonnes maximum laden weight = 50mph - single carriageway road; 60mph - dual carriageway; 70mph motorway. No fixed speed camera to my knowledge is equipped to clock at lower speeds.

The limits for car-derived vans is the same as cars.

[andy_quantum]

Although I've heard a rumour about some being able to differentiate based on vehicle height

[Jonny_uk]

A freind of mine was doing about .80 Leptons in a transit and got caught by fixed camera! Beware!

[Derek Smith]

andy_quantum said:

Although I've heard a rumour about some being able to differentiate based on vehicle height

All that technology. Of course, if you are flashed for going at 80 in a national speedlimit length of dual carriageway then the punishment will be for 20mph over the limit and not just the 10.

[ciderminx]

Thanks for clearing that up, I'm just going to be extra aware now for cameras.
Humph.....

[Fusion-Ed]

Drove to Cornwall this w/e gone. The transit van convoy I saw carrying many surf boards on a trailer doing 0.8 gps leptons on the A30 clearly had no idea!!

[jayzee]

I've brushed up on this one since being caught doing 70 on a dual carriageway in a Renault Trafic

ANY [Light Goods Vehicle] should travel at no more than 50 mph on single, and 60 MPH on dual carriageways.

Shame they don't tell you this when you hire a van

Edited by jayzee on Tuesday 25th September 17:54

[johno_78]

[quote=jayzee]

Shame they don't tell you this when you hire a van

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It is in the Highway code though.


Be careful past camera vans also. An old employee of mine got caught doing 59mph on a single carriageway!!!

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Derek Smith said:

The limits for car-derived vans is the same as cars.

... as long as less than two tonne laden weight...

[ciderminx]

johno_78 said:

Be careful past camera vans also. An old employee of mine got caught doing 59mph on a single carriageway!!!

I slow down to 70 to go past the vans/cameras. Humph, roll on the new (smaller) van.

[Flat in Fifth]

johno_78 said:

jayzee said:

Shame they don't tell you this when you hire a van

It is in the Highway code though.

Be careful past camera vans also. An old employee of mine got caught doing 59mph on a single carriageway!!!

a old discussion but might be worth reading an old thread, I'll take to to the page where we start talking about van speed limits
basically it was a thread where deltafox asked "why was ignorance of the law no defence?"

My post and coments from others showed, whilst not wishing to cause offence, why the comment "It is in the Highway Code though" is in real life as much as a chocolate fireguard.

[jayzee]

johno_78 said:

jayzee said:

Shame they don't tell you this when you hire a van

quote]

It is in the Highway code though.

Yeah, but honestly...who brushes up on the Highway Code on a regular basis?

Think about it... I had a Range Rover 4.4 Vogue. The Trafic van was just as stable on motorways, and could out-brake the RR, even when fully laden.