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From: Conor on 1 Dec 2009 10:25 In article <7nkqjjF3jkdn1U20(a)mid.individual.net>, Adrian says... > > Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > saying: > > >> Well it is bad enough already when trying to overtake a numpty lorry > >> driver breaking the 40mph speed limit on a SC road > > > Considering the average speed on SC A roads is 45, where is the problem? > > I wonder what the effect on that average speed of 40mph wagons might be... Not that high. There's only 450,000 in the UK mostly on the motorway network wherever possible and apparently a majority of us exceed the 40 limit. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Conor on 1 Dec 2009 13:38 In article <hf37vp$na1$1(a)aioe.org>, boltar2003(a)boltar.world says... > I don't see how it can circumvent them. Too long is too long. Unless they've > registered it as a circus vehicle because they always seem to be way over > the max length. > There is no max length. The point is that there is a section in the relevent act which allows a vehicle to use a towing implement. There is nothing in the law which specifies anything about the item being towed by the towing implement such as it being an additional vehicle for the purposes of recover, being loaded, nor the one doing the towing. Denby is arguing that under this, his rig is legal. As the Denby rig is designed to comply with the 44 tonne weight limit, it doesn't break the law in that respect. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Squashme on 1 Dec 2009 15:01 On 1 Dec, 12:19, Vicko Zoomba <vicko_zoo...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8387111.stm > > A road haulage company based in Lincoln has been prevented from > putting a 25m super-truck on the road in the UK. > > The Department for Transport say they are banned here but the company > says its specially designed truck circumvents the regulations. > > The BBC's Richard Scott took it for a spin. > - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - > > Oh dear. What will the anti-truck lobby say? > > MCKevvy They'll say, well finally I AM going to ride on the pavement. At least, I shall.
From: FrengaX on 2 Dec 2009 04:24 On Dec 1, 2:59 pm, Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > In article <cd8eab81-b045-44f6-a724-f3029e9d09f2 > @v25g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>, Nkosi (ama-ecosse) says... > > > > > > > > > On 1 Dec, 12:19, Vicko Zoomba <vicko_zoo...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8387111.stm > > > > A road haulage company based in Lincoln has been prevented from > > > putting a 25m super-truck on the road in the UK. > > > > The Department for Transport say they are banned here but the company > > > says its specially designed truck circumvents the regulations. > > > > The BBC's Richard Scott took it for a spin. > > > - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - > > > > Oh dear. What will the anti-truck lobby say? > > > > MCKevvy > > > Well it is bad enough already when trying to overtake a numpty lorry > > driver breaking the 40mph speed limit on a SC road > > Considering the average speed on SC A roads is 45, where is the problem? Why is the average speed relevant in any way?
From: boltar2003 on 2 Dec 2009 05:01
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 18:38:55 -0000 Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >There is no max length. The point is that there is a section in the >relevent act which allows a vehicle to use a towing implement. There is >nothing in the law which specifies anything about the item being towed >by the towing implement such as it being an additional vehicle for the >purposes of recover, being loaded, nor the one doing the towing. Denby >is arguing that under this, his rig is legal. > >As the Denby rig is designed to comply with the 44 tonne weight limit, >it doesn't break the law in that respect. So was this a case of the police going beyond their powers (again)? I'd be interested to know exactly what regulations they stipulated when they told him was illegal , or whether they just dangled the threat of a couple of hours down the station to make him comply. I guess at 74 with a business to run he won't want to make waves and challenge the legality of the police stopping him or just take the truck out again without telling them, but perhaps someone should. B2003 |