Depends when you passed your test. I did mine (car & bike) in 1994, and HGV test in 1999. I didnt have to do a class 2, I went straight to Class 1.

didnt know you could jump right to class 1

anyone who passed there test before june 1998 (iirc) can drive up to 7.5 ton

anyone who passed after that can only go up to 3.5 ton

hence me having to take a test before I can drive my new 6.5 tonner

at least i think i did - i dont remember having to do a rigid test first. Did mine through a haulier over the border.

Quote from: Cypher2 of my pet hates relates to speed.

Those who slow right down in national speed limit zoes to 40, 50 MPH (/Edit .....for a speed camera), its just dangerous.  Also those who do 40 under national speed limit and continue to do so in a 30.
.....

i hate that as well

theres a road on my way to work, part of it goes past a school plus houses and is a 30, 50% go up that hill at 40.

then on the brow of the hill it changes to a national... 90% stick at the 40 they where just doing    

glad im on a bike, least i can blow them away downhill easy enough, no junctions on that strech apart from at the end which is a t junction anyhow.... even passed a cop coming the otherway and didnt see them bat an eyelid although i was crapping myself  :whoops:  

Quote from: JaimzPersonally though I stick strictly to 30/40/50 limits and am only occasionally liberal with the national speed limit.

Thats the way I do it, in a residential area you are more likely to hit a kid or something - So I dont speed there.

hit a national speed limit B road and ill pay a bit less attention to whether the speedo is floating near a 60 or something else & get one with some driving

well itll learn you a lesson.


not to speed and pay more attention to the road signs

yea if u passed after a certain date u can only drive up to 3.5 times
i kept asking the supervisor if i could take an 06 reg LWB hitop tranny for a drive about town today, but he didnt have the key for it :/

Quote from: kinkybiatchwell itll learn you a lesson.

what lesson ?

Quote from: Eddyea if u passed after a certain date u can only drive up to 3.5 times
i kept asking the supervisor if i could take an 06 reg LWB hitop tranny for a drive about town today, but he didnt have the key for it :/

the long wheel base ones are nice, the longer they are the better they corner... plus most of them have the 15inch rims instead of the 14inchers.... much better road holding... its suprising what a difference it makes

I learnt a lesson from speeding - Live by the sword, die by the sword

at first i was furious, but i knew i got caught fair and square so eventually took it like a man.

I was still on probation so for over a year i was *really* good, and didnt speed at all - and it made me a better driver i think.

Now Im over two years, and I always use careful consideration beofre I decide how fast to drive - and I know I will be accountable if im speeding.

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Quote from: kinkybiatchwell itll learn you a lesson.

what lesson ?

Quote from: Eddyea if u passed after a certain date u can only drive up to 3.5 times
i kept asking the supervisor if i could take an 06 reg LWB hitop tranny for a drive about town today, but he didnt have the key for it :/

the long wheel base ones are nice, the longer they are the better they corner... plus most of them have the 15inch rims instead of the 14inchers.... much better road holding... its suprising what a difference it makes

Its not so much the length of the wheelbase - its more the distance of the rear axle to the rear of the vehicle - increase this and you affect the handling characteristic most markedly.

If I dont get a speeding ticket after this weekend I will be shocked.. Huddersfield seemed to be covered in the buggers and Leeds, ive never being on a road in Leeds that doesnt have a Speed Camera on... I was well behaved in Leeds as I could be, but Huddersfield new city no idea of what the limits where so I just went for what I thought was correct and that was 40ish... Most of the traffic seemed to be at that