Unmarked car, one officer

[scumbag]

". One problem caused by this bunching is that, with long lines of lorries travelling "nose to tail", in the event of an accident, you are now more likely to get a multiple pile-up than you were when they were more strung out. QUOTE]



The speed limits and keeping your distance are 2 different things. But considering you can drive nearer to a vehicle driving at 56mph than at 70mph, it should mean more room for all, allied to the fact you no longer get lorries traveling into a traffic que at 70mph, which is pretty dangerous.

Lorries were only ever allowed to do 60mph on motorways anyway, so the 4mph reduction in that is not massive.

 

[PXW]

Thanks for the info from various posters - I don't think he can have VASCAR'd the van because it came up behind him, and he pulled it before it passed; even if his VASCAR was rear facing, he didn't have time to calibrate - as soon as the van came past me, it got pulled. So if - and we don't know - the van was pulled for speeding, it was only on the evidence of it closing in on the police car which was itself doing c.80mph (as indicated by my speedo - could of course be 10% out). It wasn't for any previous observation, because I had seen the car pull off the hard shoulder a few minutes earlier.

Various posters have commented on the danger of a speeding transit. In these precise traffic conditions, the pull was a bit risky, actually - needed the driver directly behind (me!) to be quite alert as the van came across me to comply with the pull, thereby significantly reducing my safety window...

 

[Stratman]

Easy answer to the bunching of lorries is to restrict them to lane 1 when there is a sign warning the rest of us "Slow Lorries For x Miles".

And keep f*%*ing caravans there as well.

 

[Dieselman]

And keep f*%*ing caravans there as well.

If having a caravan means you get more of that, then I might buy one..

 

[fredfloggle]

If having a caravan means you get more of that, then I might buy one..

A holiday in a glorified oversized margerine tub. Uhmm.

 

[BTB 500]

If having a caravan means you get more of that, then I might buy one..

Worked for me

 

[Dieselman]

Worked for me

Does the Wife know...

 

[glojo]

If the lorries were travelling flat-out and doing 56mph, then how can they catch each other?

 

[nick mercedes]

If the lorries were travelling flat-out and doing 56mph, then how can they catch each other?

Because there's always one that seems to run out of steam on the hills, then the rest limp past at about 1 mph faster than the slow one...

Rest assured my lorry is not limited, so I don't hold the world up, and it's only a baby lorry too, so I get to blast along at 70 in the outside lane.

 

[BTB 500]

Does the Wife know...

It was her idea

 

[BTB 500]

Rest assured my lorry is not limited, so I don't hold the world up

I don't with my caravan either

 

[c240yaz]

To my knowledge, in Scotland, there must be 2 officers in the car or you cannot be prosecuted for speeding ?

I have never seen a traffic car with only one officer.