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From: Knight Of The Road on 21 Jul 2007 17:05 "Silk" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote > I remember Conor telling us a while back that it's just a case of pulling > a fuse. Yes, I could disable my speed limiter by pulling a fuse. But this would also disable my tacho, my indicators, my brake lights etc etc etc...which would be instantly detectable in a roadside check. Also, you cannot arrive in Madrid showing a 200 mile drive from London on your record. Obvious, innit? No-one I know, including every Main Dealership fitter I know, knows how to fiddle a speed limiter. I am eagerly awaiting Depresion's theory of the "screwdriver and Blu-Tack" theory because I am amazed that no-one discovered this before a chatty rogue trucker called Depresion over for a heart-to-heart... -- Regards, Vince. International Trucking Photographs- - http://200476.aceboard.net/
From: Knight Of The Road on 21 Jul 2007 17:23 "ThePunisher" <thepunisher(a)ntlworld.com> wrote > > Birmingham to Cordoba to Birmingham, 2800 miles in 60 hours, average speed > 47mph Like I said, completely impossible then. You couldn't possibly maintain an average speed of 47 mph driving to Spain and back in a vehicle, the top speed of which is 56 mph. Not in my experience of driving to Spain anyway. -- Regards, Vince. International Trucking Photographs- - http://200476.aceboard.net/
From: Steve Firth on 21 Jul 2007 17:38 Knight Of The Road <russiatrucking(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote > > > About 69mph, which is faster than 56 mph. And on an uphill section > > before you raise another canard. > > > So they overtook you at 69mph while you were travelling at 75mph? While my speedo read 75mph. I was, as you requested estimating what their true speed was based on what I could observe. Are you trying to claim that they passed me at 56mph?
From: Steve Firth on 21 Jul 2007 17:45 Knight Of The Road <russiatrucking(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Yes, I could disable my speed limiter by pulling a fuse. But this would also > disable my tacho, my indicators, my brake lights etc etc etc...which would > be instantly detectable in a roadside check. But not noticeable on-road, since I can't recall the last time I saw an LGV driver use a signal.
From: Knight Of The Road on 21 Jul 2007 18:08
"Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote > While my speedo read 75mph. I was, as you requested estimating what > their true speed was based on what I could observe. Are you trying to > claim that they passed me at 56mph? I don't know what speed they were doing, I wasn't there. If my car speedo was registering 75 mph I would be extremely surprised if even one, let alone three HGVs could overtake me on a level road. Have you thought about getting your speedometer calibrated? -- Regards, Vince. International Trucking Photographs- - http://200476.aceboard.net/ |