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#82086 10/03/02 08:45 AM
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> another way of keeping the kids distracted

I rest my case.

Interestingly, while looking for a suitable link, I happened across some train spotting sites - now if you think we're dull ....


#82087 10/03/02 12:38 PM
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sorry I missed most of this - but I must have my two-pennuth.

semi or semi-trailer It really does depend on to whom you are speaking as to whether this will be understood in UK. Certainly a lorry-driver (or truck-driver - the two terms are pretty equally used) would know what you meant, and would be quite likely to use the term frequently amongst fellow professionals.

artic understood by just about everyone - the accent on the first syllable.

governed to 60 mph You definitely have to be joking, CapK!! The Volvo F-series, fro instance, are capable of over 90 mph when unladen. So are the Scanias, and Mercs. Even the Leylands and AECs will do aaround 80.

When you are stuck behind on doing60, I'll take a small bet that they are, a) fully laden and b) either going up hill or negotiating winding roads, or have been stuck behind a slow-moving, granny-driven Nissan Micra and not managed to build up speed yet.
Try driving at a 60 in the middle lane of the M-way and find out how soon it is before your rear mirror is filled with the letters OVLOV !!


#82088 10/03/02 08:02 PM
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Rhube, all HGVs are governed to 60mph. And there are proposals to LOWER that to 90kph. Often they have their maximum speeds enshrined on the rear of their trailers. I have never had an HGV up my rear if I'm doing more than 60mph, and if you have then that truck was illegally ungoverned.

Suggest you read this:
http://www.roads.dft.gov.uk/consult/goodsvehicles/

and this:
http://www.newsrelease-archive.net/coi/depts/GDT/coi1225c.ok

and for a laff:
http://www.hgvweb.co.uk/news4.htm




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#82089 10/03/02 08:38 PM
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do you mean the actual motor on the trucks are geared or have some sort of mechical governing circiut in them that limits the speed?

i think if congress tried to do that to truck (and if thought about it for cars) it would be makings of a second american revolution!

people might believe in free speach and still support some censoring of words, books and art, but give up our right to speed on a highway? them would be fight'n words on americas roadways.

i have had the experience of driving 70+ mph on road posted for 55, and then caught site of a cop car behind me... with out light or sirens, its just zipped on by, leaving me eating it's dust... speed limits are like suggested retail prices... a guide, but not one that most take seriously, except on small local streets.


#82090 10/03/02 08:44 PM
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No, if I understand it correctly, the limiter is run off the speedo. When the speedometer hits the magic number, no more power can be applied.



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#82091 10/03/02 11:07 PM
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Way I learned it there is some sort of spinning thang that when it gets going so fast it goes out far enough it trips a switch that cuts the power.


#82092 10/04/02 10:04 AM
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I've been in school buses with the same restriction on speed. Something mechanical inside them was designed to stop their top speed at 90 km/h (56 mi/h). And there are lots of trucks (semis) with signs on the back informing you that their speed is limited, usually to 90 km/h. I guess the sign is there so that you don't get overly angry when stuck behind one, and ask yourself why the driver isn't going faster.


#82093 10/04/02 11:47 AM
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Actually, of troy... if you've ever rented a U-Haul truck (or any of their competitors, for that matter), you've driven with a governor. If I remember correctly, they're set to 60 mph, and on a cross-country move, you kind of get used to eating dust. Presumably they've incorporated the governors to maximize the life of the engines on their vehicles, so it's not a bad business decision for them.


#82094 10/04/02 12:15 PM
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when i drove cross country in a u haul truck with my son a few years ago, the truck had no such control, and i one of the wild open places, they high plains of wyoming or maybe Utah, i drove the fastest i have ever driven, over 90 miles per hour... i didn't keep going that fast for long, i didn't think it safe, but we did regualary go 75 mph in the the thing. so they are not consistant in use of governers.


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Well, hell's bells. I musta gotten a raw deal! I may be dealing with those U-Haul people in the immediate future, so now I'll know to ask.


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