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I am playing Euro Truck Simulator 2 and driving around doing the Quick Jobs because I've only just started and don't have enough money to purchase my own truck. As it is a simulator there are speed limits on all of the roads and speed cameras placed. Many times I have been in a road marked as national speed limit zone indicated by a white circle with a black line through it but I've been given a speeding ticket for doing 55mph

edit: as an additional example, I just got a speeding ticket on the motorway for doing 55mph as well!

What am I doing wrong?

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What you are doing wrong: Playing a game where driving the speed limit (Or even below it in this case?) is actually enforced and encouraged. :P - youtube.com/watch?v=NoFK9KcMlk8 – Lemmings19 Jan 20 at 7:29
Not a direct answer, but from a conversation I had whilst in Europe, all their trucks/buses are fitted with monitoring software to tell if they're speeding, how long they've been driving without rest etc. Truck drivers actually need to 'clock on' by inserting their card into the truck, it wont start without it. So it may be that you drift over the speed limit whilst between speed cameras, and you're still getting caught out. Assuming that a 'simulator' would try to be as realistic as possible – Robotnik Jan 20 at 10:27

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55 mph is the speed limit for trucks in most European countries. What you are doing wrong is speeding. You can see the full list for speed limits in the Wikipedia article for speed limit.

Here are some examples:

  • Germany: 80-100 kph (49-62 mph)
  • Italy: 70-80 kph (43-49 mph)
  • Poland: 70-80 kph (43-49 mph)
  • Austria: lorries with heavy trailer - 80 kph (49 mph)
  • Spain: 70-90 kph (43-55.9 mph)
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