Unmarked police HGV

[944 Man]

bigothunter said:

Technical regulations British Truck Racing Championship stipulate:

..the engine and all, ancillaries must be exactly to manufacturer’s standard specification. All vehicles, regardless of class, must be equipped with a speed measuring/recording/limiting device. The maximum permitted road speed is 160 kph (99.4 mph).

Clearly their FDRs are raised but without speed limiters, top speed would readily exceed 100 mph.

I remember an unlimited police artic unit being shown on TV. That reached 100 mph with ease

Republic of Ireland? He had the licence but he didn't have a clue.

[bigothunter]

944 Man said:

Republic of Ireland? He had the licence but he didn't have a clue.

Demonstration of braking distance for trucks at high speed IIRC. Could have been in Republic of Ireland...

[MustangGT]

normalbloke said:

MustangGT said:

I would love to know how fast an unlimited Scania 770 tractor unit would go !!

It’d be a maths thing. Rev limiter in top, It’d run out or gearing before it hit any other limiting factor like aerodynamics or lack of power.

New diff would solve it......

[Chainsaw Rebuild]

Tom Logan said:

Many years ago I was working in the Dumfries/Castle Douglas area on pipelines and some of their antics were a sight to behold, running at night without lights was one of the favourites.

Bloody hell!! I have heard the Southern Irish truckers can be dubious but that's outrageous - I would wholly support a lifetime ban for deliberately running without lights.