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Heavy artillery
Last week we featured the exciting sign showing what we thought was a speed limit for tanks in Germany. But, we were wrong – it is the weight.
‘All bridges and culverts which had a weight restriction had to show the maximum weight for one-way and two-way traffic for wheeled and tracked vehicles. In the example shown, the maximum weight for wheeled vehicles is 90 tonnes and for tracked vehicles 70 tonnes.
‘If you think it would not be possible to get a wheeled vehicle weighing 90 tonnes, think of a tank transporter with a tank on the back,’ says ex-serviceman Michael Hunter at Sense.
‘The signs shown are common throughout Germany and not just near the borders’ says Tim Lewcock, who has also seen them on the speed limitless autobahns.
After all, if you need to send a tank somewhere it is likely to be pretty urgent – you do not want it slowing down just so the driver can avoid getting three points on his licence.
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