It’s easy to moan about how many bad drivers there are out there, but let’s me honest - the standard of driving in the UK among the majority (at least of those who use trunk roads/motorways) is very good, and if it wasn’t for the minority, we wouldn’t need speed limits and the rest of us could get on with driving ‘to the conditions’.
206doorman:
I would have backed off and let him past [with lots of space to pull back in]…just sayin.
Not sure what you are getting at? That is what I had to to?
ajt:
nick2008:
ajt:
40 mph is too slow. It really is that simple.That’s your expert professional opinion based on
Based on the fact it holds everybody up, (look in your mirrors) it encourages motorists to take risks and is complete overkill in terms of ‘‘safety’’.
Cars can do 60 on singles. Even if we run on the limiter we’re still holding them up and they WILL want to get past. Now tell me, what is easier to overtake, an arctic doing 40mph or an arctic doing 50mph ?
Even if we did 50mph you’d still get the limiter heroes and V8 glory boys wanting to get past. Us sticking to 40 and being prevented from overtaking each other is a more sensible solution.
206doorman:
Levitatingnun:
It doesn’t need changing, it needs drivers to be properly educated. I had an incident on the A69 last week, where a Keedwell driver couldn’t get past me. Que 10 miles of him getting angrier and angrier, flashing his lights until we get to the little bit of dual carriageway before the M6. He managed to to get 3/4 of the way past me before chucking his trailer in to my lane and trying to run me off the road.This was a Friday evening so maybe he was rushing to get home, I don’t know. Either way, somebody could of got hurt. Instead of just sitting back and chilling out a bit, he sat there raging for the final 10 miles of the A69. Absolutely pathetic.
I would have backed off and let him past [with lots of space to pull back in]…just sayin.
So would I (and I always do) ,… well at least until the ■■■■ whit started flashing at me 
when I was doing nothing wrong, then the ■■■■■■ would have to wait even longer behind me…just sayin.
Signed, I’m on day rate and many of the A roads are wide and open spaces (A52 between Bingham and Grantham) for those types of road 40mph is too slow.
Other roads are national speed limit but you can only realistically do 30mph in a car, nevermind a truck.
40 is fine. Paid by the hour and if I haven’t got enough time left to do my 2nd run I don’t do it. Why would I want to go faster? If I feel like it and go over my time then it’s time and a half so 40 is fine for me.
as i have repeatedly said its the cars that need to be limited.
NewLad:
Signed, I’m on day rate and many of the A roads are wide and open spaces (A52 between Bingham and Grantham) for those types of road 40mph is too slow.
Other roads are national speed limit but you can only realistically do 30mph in a car, nevermind a truck.
Too slow for what. Road safety or your finish time.
This thread won’t be complete until someone pipes up and talks about how safe trucks are these days and limits were set before all these electronic gizmos were invented but the sheer amount of accidents and the level of carnage that follows proves they ain’t worth ■■■■.
I just drive at whatever speed I feel like because I’m the man.
40mph is fast enough as far as I’m concerned.
It isn’t always daylight and sometimes we have bad weather.
Terry T:
Cars can do 60 on singles. Even if we run on the limiter we’re still holding them up and they WILL want to get past. Now tell me, what is easier to overtake, an arctic doing 40mph or an arctic doing 50mph ?Even if we did 50mph you’d still get the limiter heroes and V8 glory boys wanting to get past. Us sticking to 40 and being prevented from overtaking each other is a more sensible solution.
You don’t get the bunching up at 50 that you do at 40mph. Yeah you might still get vehicles behind but no where near at the same levels and the vast majority are quite happy just to follow along. At 40 you get drivers taking risks due to frustration.
And as for those admitting to hanging the job out. Ever considered being a council road worker? You can get paid for sitting reading the paper in a layby all day. No reason even to tax yourself as much as driving! 
ajt:
And as for those admitting to hanging the job out. Ever considered being a council road worker? You can get paid for sitting reading the paper in a layby all day. No reason even to tax yourself as much as driving!
Can’t really see where anybody has mate, unless you interperete driving within the legal required max speed limit , (irrespective of whether you or I agree with it 
) instead of teararsing on the limiter on a two way carriageway as “hanging the job out” 
Terry T:
NewLad:
Signed, I’m on day rate and many of the A roads are wide and open spaces (A52 between Bingham and Grantham) for those types of road 40mph is too slow.
Other roads are national speed limit but you can only realistically do 30mph in a car, nevermind a truck.
Too slow for what. Road safety or your finish time.
This thread won’t be complete until someone pipes up and talks about how safe trucks are these days and limits were set before all these electronic gizmos were invented but the sheer amount of accidents and the level of carnage that follows proves they ain’t worth [zb].
Seeing as you mention it yes, trucks are better and safer, power steering, stability control, abs, better tyres, trucks now a a lot higher giving the driver a better view of what is in front. Then we can talk about modern roads, when you think that roads are now made a lot wider often with crossed hatching in the middle and sides, lighting is far better at night.
To top it all off were all adults and supposedly professional drivers, just because we can do 50mph shouldn’t mean we have to if it doesn’t feel safe to do so.
My finish time is irrelevant because the office would just find me something else to do and it doesn’t effect me anyway because I generally do 50mph+ on a single carriageway anyway if the conditions a favourable (think of the children)
robroy:
ajt:
And as for those admitting to hanging the job out. Ever considered being a council road worker? You can get paid for sitting reading the paper in a layby all day. No reason even to tax yourself as much as driving!Can’t really see where anybody has mate, unless you interperete driving within the legal required max speed limit , (irrespective of whether you or I agree with it
40 mph and paid by the hour in the same sentence, its pretty obvious what its referring to and its certainly not safety 
Silver_Surfer:
I just drive at whatever speed I feel like because I’m the man.
Friday afternoons and satdy mornings are exept to speed limits
ajt:
robroy:
ajt:
And as for those admitting to hanging the job out. Ever considered being a council road worker? You can get paid for sitting reading the paper in a layby all day. No reason even to tax yourself as much as driving!Can’t really see where anybody has mate, unless you interperete driving within the legal required max speed limit , (irrespective of whether you or I agree with it
40 mph and paid by the hour in the same sentence, its pretty obvious what its referring to and its certainly not safety
As I said, your interpretation.
Nobody said it was for safety, what I did say was that it is the law.
The fact that it is an hourly rate is an added advantage to the situation in question, not neccessarily a reason for doing so.
How far do you go with this selective attitude to the law exactly?
You don’t agree with the limit, so you disregard it and do 50 in a 40, as in your opinion 40 is hanging the job out.
So would you by the same token say sticking to 9or10 hours driving limit is also hanging the job out, when you could choose go do over the the 9or10 if you do not agree with that regulation also.
On the face of it 40 is maybe slow, ok, but nobody is above the law bud, and I plan to keep my licence.
40 mph is fine as long as the car driver behind you know why you are doing it so i think it should be compulsory to have a sign on the back of the truck stating the law for truck speeds as most car drivers have no clue its different for trucks then cars and so think your driving slow to pee them off or to hang the day out.
Although 50mph would alleviate a little of the bunching as this is a comfortable speed for more motorists than 40 it would still lead to inevitable stupid overtaking manouvers, simple for a high powered car to pull off even if we have to give a little assistance occasioanly to save a life or two, but for mr and mrs average with the car full of kids feeling the imaginary pressure from other motorists to overtake, the danger is too high.
40mph is better but how about we go with 45 then at least we could get away with 48 ish, this would placate the heros who need that extra bit of speed to please their gaffer.
When I’m tootling about in the family hatchback, (Golf GTI, with stage 2 remap and launch control upgrade) I happily go at 50 - 55 on A-roads even if the wife does wind me up when a car overtakes with the usual ■■■■ take of: “bet that driver has a bigger chopper than you dear”.
Remember its a limit not a target.
ajt:
40 mph and paid by the hour in the same sentence, its pretty obvious what its referring to and its certainly not safety
It might have been obvious if anyone had actually used both terms in the same sentence