Fatboy Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Morning Gents, I thought I'd share a recent experience whilst towing an empty trailer. I drove from Abz to Wales to pick up "a project for the future" (why oh why did I buy this??). Trailer was a tri-axle Brian James, Tug was my L322... One week later, I received a "Notification of Intended Prosecution" because I'd been photographed by a GATSO doing 71mph on a dual carriage way. Fair cop, I don't really fancy debating the speed especially as I got another letter the following day for 72mph, 30 mins further down the road so I've certainly learnt a valuable lesson. I called the number on the letters to discuss the evidence and was advised that the GATSO's in Tayside have lasers which measure the length of the vehicle and apply the appropriate speed limit... So, be aware..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgnas Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 About 7 years ago my wife got caught doing 53 in a 60, problem was she was in the 7.5t horse box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UdderlyOffroad Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Busted! Your penance shall be a build thread for the 101... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboy Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 ?The 101 is going to become a camper... SWMBO wanted a caravan, I didn't. The 101 was the compromise. I'm currently building a 110 having just completed a 90. I'm waiting for the V8 block to return avec les top hats ☺ then I'm going to take a leap into the land of Megasquirt, or Megaquiet as mine will probably be.. I've spent the last week reading the threads in the Tech Area, should be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 About 7 years ago my wife got caught doing 53 in a 60, problem was she was in the 7.5t horse box. Not right. 7.5 ton = 60 in a 60. Appeal! http://www.no-excuses.org.uk/Pages/Article.aspx?id=71 Julian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerboy_y2k Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Not right. 7.5 ton = 60 in a 60. Appeal! http://www.no-excuse...icle.aspx?id=71 Julian Look at your link 7.5t on single carriageway (60mph limit) is 50mph. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Look at your link 7.5t on single carriageway (60mph limit) is 50mph. Martin Sorry, you're right, I missed the bit about single carriageways! Julian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco_al Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 naughty naughty - still limit with a trailer is only 50mph regardless...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboy Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 60mph on Dual Carriageways & Motorways... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonb Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Traditional "radar" GATSOs have a "go big" function on the detector so they can for instance detect HGVs doing more than 40mph on single carriageway where for cars the limit would be 60mph... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Traditional "radar" GATSOs have a "go big" function on the detector so they can for instance detect HGVs doing more than 40mph on single carriageway where for cars the limit would be 60mph... Fight 'go big' with one of these, and turn it into 'go all over the place in little pieces' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-88_HARM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Of course, if you were doing over 60mph for the entire distance between Gatso1 and Gatso2 then you would be being prosecuted for the same offence twice... Pepipoo might be able to offer some advice on this as even if you are happy to admit speeding, getting a ticket twice for the same event seems unfair. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoSS Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 What surprises me from that info page is that they have never updated the stopping distance guide. Those figures are based on a 1960's car with drum brakes and no ABS etc (Ref Top Gear episode). Thats the same figures that i learned in my highway code 25 years ago. Clearly its better to be on the side of caution, but its largely incorrect for modern vehicles. I would prefer to see up to date, correct information (maybe with an added safety margin) from our government, than figures that are meaningless. Although as writing this i realise that for the purposes of this forum, our vehicles do have 1960's braking distances p.s. Donald, i guess thats what the Eberspacher was for? Good luck with it, and if you need any help with the MS let me know. p.p.s "government, meaningless, figures" yeah i'll retract that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zim Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 our vehicles do have 1960's braking distances .....and that's when they're working properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonb Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Hmm what about those of us that drive a series vehicle on a daily basis - those "old" distances are still relavant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Yep, I think Disco 1's were pretty similar to book as well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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