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UT highlights INV speeders
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• Almost 90% of artics break the speed limit on non-built up dual carriageways, according to a report released by the Department for Transport (DfT).
The annual report, Vehicle Speeds in Britain, showed what the DfT called "a very high incidence of speeding" by HGVs. On single carriageways 68% broke the 40mph limit, while on dual carriageways 88% went faster than the 50mph restriction.
The degree by which the speed limit is broken is often small—presumably because of speed-limiters—but even so 3% of HGVs which broke the 50mph limit were travelling faster than 60mph.
Many hauliers said it was extremely difficult to stick to the speed limits and meet the delivery times demanded by their customers. Paul Carter, of Alan Carter Transport in Brough, Yorkshire, says speed limits are too low, He says: 'A lot of Our work involves using the Al down to London, which has a 50mph limit that is almost impossible to keep to. We deliver tomatoes to Sainsbury's and we have fourand-a-half hours to do the job."
The survey also reveals a high incidence of speeding by HGVs on built-up 30mph roads, with 55% of 2-axle vehicles breaking the limit, 23% by more than 5mph.