>> Because Finland is a member of the European Union, it must adhere to a particular directive that requires speed limiting devices to be installed if the N2 vehicle is used on the road.
Does this mean that no vehicle in this weight class is permitted to go over 55 mph anywhere in the EU, regardless of tax and whether the vehicle is foreign or domestic?
In Germany, a bus can go up to 100 km/h (62 mph), cargo trucks including tractor units 90 km/h (56 mph) - this would include the "N2" vehicle class.
However, there seems to be a "M1" class for passenger vehicles that isn't weight restricted.
My understanding is that the truck cannot be classified as a commercial vehicle (too heavy) so they classify it as a N2 truck to save tax, but they could presumably also classify it as M1 (paying the tax but avoiding the need for the speed limiter). I read it as "commercial vehicle" being a third class that would normally be used as a way to bypass the tax if the vehicle wasn't too heavy for that.
Actually there is, but is complicated mess... Like recreation is fine as is transporting food you yourself produced. Or tools for work, unless the distance is over 50km...
I don't think so. The 44.8% tax is levied because of the CO2 emissions. The workaround involves classifying it as an N2, which requires the speed limiter. A vehicle with normal CO2 emissions would simply be registered as a passenger vehicle, not an N2, because it wouldn't require the workaround.
It's all about the proper paper work. You can take a stock RAM 3500 and it would be treated pretty much as a semi truck and you wouldn't be allowed to exceed 100kmh with it. (And you would need a special driver's license).
But then you can take the same truck and change the papers so you limit its max total weight to 3.5 tons and you can drive as fast as you want with your normal driver's license.
Does this mean that no vehicle in this weight class is permitted to go over 55 mph anywhere in the EU, regardless of tax and whether the vehicle is foreign or domestic?