UK Speed Limits for vans ....................

[littlespark]

I think you're confusing the top two lines, the second one is "when towing". The very top line is the one you want!

Yeh. You're right. I will continue driving as I have been.
Don't know how I misread that

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I somewhat doubt that.

Most people don't realise that a road with street lighting spaced at less than 200 yards apart is a 30 mph unless signed otherwise...

But it’s not.
The requirement is for the road to be iluminated during the hours of darkness.

 

[westward10]

If your van is built on a chassis used by a car then it is car derived. I think the only production vehicle that still qualifies is a Fiesta, the Astra also qualifies although is no longer manufactured.

 

[Dillb]

If your van is built on a chassis used by a car then it is car derived.

But the car has to of been on the road before the van, like a Fiesta or Astra van, while a Nemo is a van derived car.

 

[westward10]

Nemo won't hit 70

 

[westward10]

I suppose the old Corsa and Clio will qualify but again hitting 70 with any still going is debatable.

 

[Octopus]

But it’s not.
The requirement is for the road to be iluminated during the hours of darkness.

Hum ...........

Built-up area (Highway Code) - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Built-up_area_(Highway_Code)

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Nemo won't hit 70

I have a little bipper for going round town and parking easily, its the same as the nemo vans, it goes 70! not that i have ever gone over the speed limit of course........

 

[Deleted account]

I somewhat doubt that.

Most people don't realise that a road with street lighting spaced at less than 200 yards apart is a 30 mph unless signed otherwise...

Agree I didn't know that one until I attended a speed awareness course I did in exchange for £80 and no extra point on my licence.

 

[littlespark]

Slowing down to 30 in any built up area is common sense, with or without lamp posts. I just like to annoy the boy racers.

My Berlingo van is near identical to the Berlingo Multispace car.... which in fairness was described a van with seats and windows when it first came out.
Also identical to the Peugeot Partner van... which strangely doesn't have a car equivalent.

The 'silly cup holder' I mentioned earlier is a little cubby hole below the air vents. Theres a photo online somewhere of a macdonalds coke cup jammed into the hole, with the lid on and only just holding in the contents without spilling.
I couldn't find the photo to copy into the message here, and I wasn't going to recreate the image myself, so you'll just have to take my word for it.

 

[rsgaz]

I couldn't find the photo

Et voilà...

https://i.Upload the image directly to the thread.com/X56JpaI.jpg

 

[littlespark]

yep. that's it. cheers, rsgaz

go on... stick a straw in it

 

[telectrix]

silly arse.that's not a cup holder. it's for unopened cans od Stella, so you don't have to take your attention off the road looking for them.

 

[davesparks]

My uncle has been driving for 40 years and he had to do an extra test and get a special licence to drive a big Mercedes van for his work,

That makes no sense at all, passing your driving test before 1997 gave you a 7.5 ton licence

 

[Ned Gibbons]

That makes no sense at all, passing your driving test before 1997 gave you a 7.5 ton licence

As well as a licence you now need to have a 'Drivers Certificate of Professional Competency' to drive any think over 3.5 tonnes for work purposes. So this might be what your uncle needed to do.

DCPCs last 5 years and to renew them you need to do 5 days of training with an approved provider. The idea is our beloved HGV drivers will do one day of training every year, although there is nothing to stop them waiting till one week before their cpc expires and then doing the exact same training 5 days on the trot.

To get their first 5 years of dcpc lorry drivers do an extra theory test and an extra practical test (not driving involved, but you have to point at a lorry while answering questions).

If you've had an hgv entitlement for a long time, but need to do dcpc for the first time I understand you can choose between doing the test or the 5 days of training.