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Bryanj:
Legaly all eu trucks have a max limit of 90kph, if the limiter fails the max motorway speed is 60mph, guess what-----our wonderfull mps forgot to even the speeds in legislation.
If the limiter or tacho fail you have 4 days OR whenever you get home whichever is first to get it fixed.
Most hgv there is a "trick" to turn limiter off but the employer should be analysing your tacho card(no disc any more) and issuing infringement notices plus discipliniary

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
An off duty detective cycling near Hilton in Derbyshire on a Sunday iirc was killed by a  HGV that failed to stop - some years ago now around 2004/5.

The driver & transport company owner were eventually both jailed for various offences including driving offences,  driving excess hours at the wheel, perverting the course of justice etc. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/4312164.stm

Laverda Dave:
The standard of driving in this country is appalling and especially in London where nobody gives a toss about anything in terms of speeding, lane discipline, parking etc. But on the foreign lorry debate my wife was driving along the M25 near to the Heathrow junction and was overtaking a foreign artic who was in the lane to go onto the M4 from the M25. At the last minute matey decided he needed to stay on the M25 and just slewed his artic into the lane my wife was in without even looking. He pulled the car along with him bursting the front tire of our car. Eventually he pulled over and the police were called. When they arrived the it was found the lorry driver couldn't speak a word of English (very convenient) and the police let him go! Meanwhile it was left to my wife to get our car recovered and she was left at the side of the M25 whilst she waited!

andy120t:
The boys in blue...I watched a recent news report with 'stop oil' protesters blocking a road in London and the Met with their backs turned away from the blocked road and not really doing anything. However, when someone who was being blocked by these 'protesters'  began to drag one of them off the road so he could go about his legitimate business, our finest reacted like sprinters out of the blocks....the speed with which they turned around and then raced to handcuff the guy (the one trying to clear the road, not the ones blocking it) was astonishing.  Pity they weren't at all interested in dealing with the real problem.

Sesman:
I’d say the problem is the ‘Laws’ not the poor sods trying to enforce it…..just saying. I support the right to protest,  but not if it creates significant inconvenience to those not protesting. Of course creating inconvenience and disruption is the objective…..

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