The speed limit for lorries on single carriageway country roads will be upped to 50mph under government plans to stop harmful overtaking as well as cut congestion.
Heavy products cars – weighing much more than 7.5 tonnes – are currently restricted to 40mph however this will increase from 2015, states the department of deliver (DfT).
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Lorries might likewise get a hurry-up on double carriageways with a DfT consultation introduced to raise the limit on these roads to 60mph from 50mph. The modifications would see lorries travelling at the exact same speeds as coaches as well as caravans.
Ministers stated the present 20mph difference between other cars as well as lorries is leading to hold-ups as well as triggering chauffeurs to bring out harmful overtaking manouevres, particularly on narrow country roads.
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The single carriageway modifications will come into force from early 2015 as well as bring England as well as Wales into line with other European countries such as Denmark as well as Norway. If the consultation for double carriageways gets the go ahead, the legislations will modification at the exact same time however up until then, the existing limits continue.
Claire Perry, deliver minister, said: “We’re are doing all we can to get Britain moving as well as increase growth. This modification will do precisely that as well as save our haulage market £11 million a year.