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SPEED LIMITERS ON VANS - SLOW DOWN!

15th November 2006

The Freight Transport Association warns van operators that the requirement for speed limiters to be progressively made operational on vehicles down to 3,501kg gvw has been on-going since 1 January 2005 and will be complete on 1 January 2008.

1 January 2007 is an important date in this programme. From this date ALL goods vehicles over 3,500kg gvw fitted with Euro 3 engines and first registered from 1 October 2001 to 31 December 2004 will be required to have a speed limiter calibrated to a maximum speed not exceeding 56mph (90kph). The Euro 3 requirement is important as Euro 3 vehicles have the facility to have a top speed limiter already built into the engine ECU. The calibration is therefore an electronic one and does not involve the fitment of brackets, air cylinders or piping.

FTA is aware that few of the vehicles which require speed limiters by 1 January 2007 have been booked into calibration centres to have the speed limiter function activated and calibrated. As the programme has been on-going for almost two years, it is unlikely that the enforcement agency, the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA), will allow any period of grace. Van operators affected are therefore advised to book calibrations early as there is bound to be a rush during late December.

From 1 January 2007 these vehicles will not be permitted in the outside lane of a three or more lane motorway.