Jon Ison
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 04:19 PM |
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Will this affect you ?
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pajsh
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 04:34 PM |
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No but it will affect alot of people trying to get to do a decent days work.
This country is getting beyond a joke.
I'm seriously considering emigrating.
I used to be apathetic but now I just don't care.
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big_wasa
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 04:36 PM |
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Already does in my oil tanker  infact only 40mph  on most roads...
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Coose
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 04:58 PM |
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Oh great. I spend half of my life on the road having to deal with trucks not overtaking each other, so all I need now is a load of Transits doing the
same...... 
We're contemplating emigrating to New Zealand, and at this rate it may happen sooner rather than later!
[Edited on 25/11/06 by Coose]
Spin 'er off Well...
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russbost
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 05:04 PM |
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Yup! This will affect us all as we will now have 56mph traffic queues on all motorways as they crawl past one another at 1/2mph increments - this
government is a joke - please vote them out next time - I would defy even George Bush to do a worse job overall
Do they have speed cameras in NZ?
[Edited on 25/11/06 by russbost]
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 07:12 PM |
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i see they will be exempt if they go to mainland europe....does this mean they thought up a stupid law all by themselves?
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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froggy
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 07:16 PM |
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cue loads of new sprinters with foreign plates on them, i share a yard with a courier firm but i doubt this will start to affect most firms for the
next 18months or so as the sprinters will happily do 400k with regular servicing
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Danozeman
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 08:23 PM |
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Its coming in on all new vans very soon. Itl preomte serious road rage etc.. Imagine how annoying trucks are now and how annoyed youl be when more
and more vehicles get slowed down.
Trouble is theyr getting faster with these new euro 4 engines etc. Iv had big vans over 90 before (on private roads). Scary when the wind gets them.
Hardly surprising its come in.
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 08:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Danozeman
Its coming in on all new vans very soon. Itl preomte serious road rage etc.. Imagine how annoying trucks are now and how annoyed youl be when more
and more vehicles get slowed down.
Over 90 ? you wasn't trying, seriously, 90 is for sloooooooooooow vans these days.
Trouble is theyr getting faster with these new euro 4 engines etc. Iv had big vans over 90 before (on private roads). Scary when the wind gets them.
Hardly surprising its come in.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 08:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Coose
We're contemplating emigrating to New Zealand, and at this rate it may happen sooner rather than later!
Been having serious discussion with the Mrs about this recently, NZ is a seriously beautiful country with the huge advantage of not being run by a
bunch of cretins.
Having to look after her mum puts a bit of a spanner in the works though.
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Coose
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 09:32 PM |
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And they used to make Strikers down there!
Spin 'er off Well...
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jacko
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| posted on 25/11/06 at 10:17 PM |
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56 mph thats sloooower then caravans isn,t it or am i wrong
Jacko
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gazza285
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| posted on 26/11/06 at 05:58 AM |
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Only a few vans will be limited. There's only the biggest Transit that will fall foul, and only if it's plated to gross more than
3.5tonne, but most are plated below this to avoid having to have a tachograph. Same thing applies to Sprinters. Most affected will be the 7.5tonne LGV
brigade of wannabee artic drivers, some of which could do with slowing down a bit. Don't forget that the limiter is set at only 4mph below the
current legal limit for Transit sized vans anyway, not that many White Van Men adhere to that limit either.
DO NOT PUT ON KNOB OR BOLLOCKS!
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Liam
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| posted on 26/11/06 at 02:32 PM |
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Exactly - can't see it affecting many people to be honest. Even a standard LWB high-roofline Sprinter is still only a 3.5 tonne gross vehicle.
You have to spec the heavy duty rear axle to make it a 4.5 tonner.
Liam
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bob
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| posted on 26/11/06 at 02:51 PM |
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It will probably push the sales up on vans under 3.5 tonnes.
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Kook
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| posted on 26/11/06 at 04:57 PM |
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Will also be moving back to New Zealand soon. The uk is just to bad a place to live nowadays. Its just hard being so far away from Family
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