80 MPH proposed maximum speed limit in 2 years time

Looks like they did another article at the time:
The Daily Mash - Clarkson Explodes

Neat site; much like The Onion here in the US.
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/index....tent&task=view

hehe yes, funny site :D
The Daily Mash - Woman to explain why she had sex with Clarkson

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Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight

Won't really make much difference to me as I tend to do 90+ usually on motorways (when I can which isn't often), but if folk still insist on doing 50 when they join or leave it may cause more accidents, be nice if there was a minimum speed and that was enforced more.

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Trucks with heavy loads can't accelerate to over 50 mph before joining, even if they tried. Or you'd have to rebuild the joining lanes to be longer.

well trucks here are restricted to 100KPH,which is about 56/58MPH,some trucks drivers "Seem to pull the fuse" as i have followed Spanish fruit trucks comimg up through France at 75 MPH,and they can do that speed uphill as well fully freighted.(you can tell they are loaded by the tyres bowed.)
Here MOST drivers do forward plan,and if they see a truck coming down the Slip road ,will move over a lane .so the truck can enter the motor way.
As Metro says I do a lot of "Driver Assessments" with company drivers,and some of the attitudes,and tailgating is frightening,BUT hey at least these companies are paying for a driver report,and are trying to sort out the "Bad eggs"
Sometimes i think the guy with the clean car ,is a faster driver,but many a time a safer driver,if the cars filthy,i beware !!

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Originally Posted by driveace

Here MOST drivers do forward plan,and if they see a truck coming down the Slip road ,will move over a lane .so the truck can enter the motor way.

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Yep, but how drivers there often stay in the middle lane to forward plan for the next slip road even when the slip road is empty when they come to it? :p

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Originally Posted by driveace

well trucks here are restricted to 100KPH,which is about 56/58MPH,some trucks drivers "Seem to pull the fuse" as i have followed Spanish fruit trucks comimg up through France at 75 MPH,and they can do that speed uphill as well fully freighted.(you can tell they are loaded by the tyres bowed.)
Here MOST drivers do forward plan,and if they see a truck coming down the Slip road ,will move over a lane .so the truck can enter the motor way.

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You can do that for other slow drivers too.

You also have to consider weather. Today, the roads were icy and had lose snow on them. I couldn't accelerate to 100kph speed before joining the motorway even if I wanted to. If I pushed the pedal too hard, the tyres lost grip so I had to lift the pedal and I only had about 80 kph when joining the motorway.

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Originally Posted by driveace

well trucks here are restricted to 100KPH,which is about 56/58MPH,some trucks drivers "Seem to pull the fuse" as i have followed Spanish fruit trucks comimg up through France at 75 MPH,and they can do that speed uphill as well fully freighted.(you can tell they are loaded by the tyres bowed.)

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They're on tight schedules and made doubly worse when working with big name retaillers.

Our company gets a bonus for hitting accuracy targets but get fined for late droppages.

One of the biggest problems,on motorways,and not just for trucks,car drivers are equally at fault,and that's Cruise Control,some driver click cruise on and turn off the brain !Another problem with SOME truck drivers,is that you are in the middle lane,ready to overtake them,and you can see them closing very quickly on another truck or slower vehicle,do they signal early and drift out gradually? Do they bollocks,they bang a signal on and try to force their way out,even if you are the jam in the sandwich,as you have another vehicle on your right overtaking you !

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Originally Posted by driveace

SOME truck drivers,is that you are in the middle lane,ready to overtake them,and you can see them closing very quickly on another truck or slower vehicle,do they signal early and drift out gradually? Do they bollocks,they bang a signal on and try to force their way out,even if you are the jam in the sandwich,as you have another vehicle on your right overtaking you !

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Car drivers are also guilty of this but for sure its damn risky and dangerous there's a good reason for this:

A truck has 18 gears!

Truck Driving challenge part 1: Rig Stig & the power slide - Top Gear - BBC - YouTube

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Also the other problem in austere times there is an upturn in drivers slipstreaming trucks trying to improve fuel economy. Cars are getting too close and the truckies can't see a damn thing!

Most people don't appreciate trucks. Prostitutes apart, the UK economy would collapse!

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Originally Posted by driveace

well trucks here are restricted to 100KPH,which is about 56/58MPH,some trucks drivers "Seem to pull the fuse" as i have followed Spanish fruit trucks comimg up through France at 75 MPH,and they can do that speed uphill as well fully freighted.(you can tell they are loaded by the tyres bowed.)
Here MOST drivers do forward plan,and if they see a truck coming down the Slip road ,will move over a lane .so the truck can enter the motor way.
As Metro says I do a lot of "Driver Assessments" with company drivers,and some of the attitudes,and tailgating is frightening,BUT hey at least these companies are paying for a driver report,and are trying to sort out the "Bad eggs"
Sometimes i think the guy with the clean car ,is a faster driver,but many a time a safer driver,if the cars filthy,i beware !!

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100 km/h is actually 62 mph. The National speed limit in the UK for HGV's on motorways is 60 mph.