03-10-12, 01:57 PM
On the subject of speed restriction devices(limiters). When they brought in compulsory speed limiters on vans up to 4.6tonnes GVW around 2007 I found it not only frustrating but occasionally downright dangerous. Example On Motorway approaching slip road with traffic say HGVs joining motorway. Pre-restrictor days would be able to move out to lane 2 with due regard to other traffic but with a safety margin of acceleration if required. At that time very few HGVs realised that vans were becoming speedlimited. In congestion with HGVs in Lanes 1 & 2 there was nowhere to put yourself. :'( :eek Oh yes, the Irish trucks were limited to 100kph(approx 64mph)which made life more stressful. Even fully laden the Merc Sprinter was perfectly safe @ 70mph so they could have set the limiter @ that speed and given us a bit of margin. The thinking behind limiters is sound as regards goods vehicles but a bit of common sense would have made life much simpler