Van speed limits

ash_scotland88

ash_scotland88

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Having to be a delivery boy tomorow and drive a van, but main question is do vans have a restricted speed limit lower than cars?

Iam either in a Citreon Bilingo type van size, or short or medium wheel base transit, and doing mostly motorway or main A roads.

cheers.


ps yes not knowing the speed limit is probally the first sign i shouldnt be trusted with a van.

looks like Iam 50mph on single and 60mph on dual carriage way
 
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If the van is white then your are allowed *break all speed limits with impunity, but beware the Nissan Micra driver they are your sworn enemy




*Not really true

Same as a car up to 7.5 tonne
 
Chabsy said:
Same as a car up to 7.5 tonne
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not true at all :p

If its a car derived van I.E an astra van then the normal speed limits apply, if its non car derived like a VW transporter or Ford connect its 50mph on single lane roads 60 on dual carrigeways and normal speed limit on motorway.
 
Or as most of us road users find, if its white and usually made by Mercedes it will be flying past at 100+ mph!
 
Rich1988 said:
not true at all :p

If its a car derived van I.E an astra van then the normal speed limits apply, if its non car derived like a VW transporter or Ford connect its 50mph on single lane roads 60 on dual carrigeways and normal speed limit on motorway.
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Well i never knew that
 
cheers, so basically if its not the citreon/renault thingy iam driving its just best to keep to 60.
Not that i care about the time, I get paid by the hour instead due to be contracted/temp worker or what ever the term is for "hey man, we need you to work tomorow, can you you do it?"
 
How do Gatso's tell the differance

No need to answer.
Just another reason why they should all be scrapped because they obvoiusly discriminate
 
The issue here is "car derived vans". Those get the same limits as cars. Other vans get the lower limits (70 motorway, 60 DC and 50 SC)

It gets complicated because the term "car derived van" is out of date and irrelevant these days. A vehicle like the Berlingo would be developed from the ground up with both the van and the car version in mind, it's not like an Escort van where Ford just take an Escort estate, weld up the windows and throw away the backseats.

Unfortunately, the law is pretty clear about what defines a "car derived van" and since the Berlingo van was released in the UK before the Berlingo car, it is considered a proper van and subject to the lower limits. If Citroen had launched the van version first then the Berlingo would be considered a car derived van and subject to the higher limits.

As for the transit, I think you already know the answer. It's a van, it's subject to the lower limits.

How do gatsos tell the difference? They don't, the person going through the film back at the ticket office gets that job. Vehicles like the Berlingo make that job rather complicated.

My advice, get an Astravan. :)
 
Lum said:
It gets complicated because the term "car derived van" is out of date and irrelevant these days. A vehicle like the Berlingo would be developed from the ground up with both the van and the car version in mind, it's not like an Escort van where Ford just take an Escort estate, weld up the windows and throw away the backseats.
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The Berlingo is actually a Van derived car!
 
Dogbreath said:
The Berlingo is actually a Van derived car!
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Officially in the UK, yes this would be the case. However I somehow doubt that even the French would design a van like this, then after releasing it some one goes, "hay guys! this van is pretty good, lets make a car out of it"
 
Have you ever driven a white van as part of your job?

I'm not excusing their behaviour, but it's a lot more understandable if you do it yourself at least once. Particularly if you're fully laden and some ***** pulls into your stopping distance, you really don't want to be slowing down as it'll take forever to get back up to speed again. The temptation to tailgate and hope that the person goes away before you lose speed is great indeed.
 
Lum said:
The issue here is "car derived vans". Those get the same limits as cars. Other vans get the lower limits (70 motorway, 60 DC and 50 SC)

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How do gatsos tell the difference? They don't, the person going through the film back at the ticket office gets that job. Vehicles like the Berlingo make that job rather complicated.

My advice, get an Astravan. :)
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How on earth does it need to tell the difference anyway, if you are speeding, you are speeding, it does not matter what vehicle you are in.???

If there is a difference between the vehicle limit and the road limit, the speed limit of the vehicle is always lower than the allowed limit on the road, so you cannot set a camera to detect that as it will flash for everything that goes past, when they are all driving legally.

If the road limit has been lowered to a limit below the normal allowed road limit, at that point, (at roadworks and contraflows etc.), then ALL vehicles will be subject to that new limit, so then the cameras will be set accordingly, so anyone driving anything going past to fast will be caught.
 
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