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A reader asks for clarification as to the effect of speed limit regulations on the use of dual-purpose vehicles and whether four-wheel drive has any bearing on the requirements.
Although it is several years since speed restriction was to some extent dependent on the use of a vehicle, this impression still lingers on.
The current Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limit) Regulation, 1962, is based on the construction of a vehicle, and passenger and dual-purpose vehicles not drawing trailers are restricted to 40 miles per hour if they have an unladen weight exceeding 3 tons or are adapted to carry more than seven passengers, exclusive of the driver.
In this context a dual-purpose vehicle means a vehicle constructed or adapted for the carriage both of passengers and goods, but which has an unladen weight not exceeding 2 tons and satisfies the conditions laid down as to its construction, or is so constructed that power can be transmitted to all wheels.