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Old 09-12-2013, 01:17 AM   #1
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Sighting - Pulled over by CHP Moto Cop

9/11/2013 I5/I805 south bound bypass - Silver Sprinter 144" with SportsMobile Penthouse on top - and a CHP Motorcycle Cop behind.

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Old 09-12-2013, 05:51 AM   #2
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People with Sprinters tend to drive purty fast.
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Old 09-12-2013, 08:56 AM   #3
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People with Sprinters tend to drive purty fast.
They are limited at 83 Mph by the computer - it was a little frustrating when I was driving mine back from picking it up in Oklahoma.
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Old 09-12-2013, 12:44 PM   #4
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People with Sprinters tend to drive purty fast.
They are limited at 83 Mph by the computer - it was a little frustrating when I was driving mine back from picking it up in Oklahoma.
That's interesting! I know in Germany that by law trucks over a certain weight have to have speed-limiters built in. A German-tagged Sprinter I drove in France, for example, wouldn't go much over 100 km/h on the highways.
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Freight vehicles above a certain weight are limited to 90km/h in the European Union as well as being restricted to the 2 inside lanes on a 3 (or more) lane highway.

It makes driving safer and much more pleasant for everyone else.
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Freight vehicles above a certain weight are limited to 90km/h in the European Union as well as being restricted to the 2 inside lanes on a 3 (or more) lane highway.

It makes driving safer and much more pleasant for everyone else.
Except those in the passing lane stuck behind the jackass talking on his cellphone.
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I didn't know about the restriction but I know they will do that whole 82 mph. I think baja is saying he did as well. I think 82 mph is purty fast for a van and definitly on the cops radar for revenue.
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Freight vehicles above a certain weight are limited to 90km/h in the European Union as well as being restricted to the 2 inside lanes on a 3 (or more) lane highway.

It makes driving safer and much more pleasant for everyone else.
Except those in the passing lane stuck behind the jackass talking on his cellphone.
You don't see too much of that in Europe, especially in Germany. It's against the law to use a cellphone while driving, and left-lane bandits are rare because everyone pretty much follows the "drive left except to pass" rule. I feel much safer on an autobahn at 100mph than I do on a US highway at 60, because everyone follows the rules (mostly).

Trucks seem especially orderly, staying mostly to the right lane except to pass.
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"Drive left except to pass " dont Germans drive on the same side as us?
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Yes, it's "drive right except to pass"! And in many places in Germany, heavy trucks and trailers are not allowed to pass between 7 AM to 9 PM. In Switzerland, all trucks over 5 tons (11'000 pounds) have speed limiters at 80 km/h (50 mph). In rest of Europe, it's generally 90 km/h (55 mph)... But Sprinters don't.
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