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From: Knight Of The Road on 21 Jul 2007 07:03 "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk > Knight Of The Road <russiatrucking(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Quite frankly, this is a pack of lies. It is not possible to disable a >> speed >> limiter with a screwdriver and a piece of Blu-Tack. > > I was surprised on Sunday night on the A1M to be overtaken by three > artics with Spanish registration plates. Particularly since my > speedometer was reading 75mph at the time. > And they had disabled their limiters with a screwdriver and Blu-Tack? How do you know? -- Regards, Vince. International Trucking Photographs- - http://200476.aceboard.net/
From: Knight Of The Road on 21 Jul 2007 07:09 "Depresion" <127.0.0.1> wrote .. He it also very proud of his two and a half days > to the south of Spain and back to brum driving 22 hr days. Physical impossibility. You cannot get from Birmingham to the south of Spain and back in two-and-a-half days. This whole story is a complete pack of lies. -- Regards, Vince. International Trucking Photographs- - http://200476.aceboard.net/
From: Steve Firth on 21 Jul 2007 07:51 Knight Of The Road <russiatrucking(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk > > > > Knight Of The Road <russiatrucking(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Quite frankly, this is a pack of lies. It is not possible to disable a > >> speed > >> limiter with a screwdriver and a piece of Blu-Tack. > > > > > > I was surprised on Sunday night on the A1M to be overtaken by three > > artics with Spanish registration plates. Particularly since my > > speedometer was reading 75mph at the time. > > > > > And they had disabled their limiters with a screwdriver and Blu-Tack? Did I say that? However are you claiming that these vehicles obviously had working speed limiters? > How do you know? I looked at my speedo as they were passing.
From: PJK on 21 Jul 2007 08:35 Conor wrote: > > BUT 22 hour days ARE LEGAL AND WITHING TACHO RULES when dounble manning > as you only are required to have an 8hr break per 30 hours. Madness, I > know. > 9 hrs in 30 since April, but still madness I agree. Peter.
From: Conor on 21 Jul 2007 08:53
In article <46a1e095$1$1596$ed2619ec(a)ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>, says... > Really then how was it possible for him to demonstrate? > So he filled in a chart and showed you how to disable it and then took you down the road and showed you the chart at the end? And he showed you a set of charts covering 3 weeks and you examined them to prove it covered the mileage done. As well as that, he provided proof from the tacho analysis company his haulier uses confirming they were all legit? -- Conor It arrived at their repair center last week so only another month or so to wait |