(04 Sep 2015, 9:13 pm)aureolin wrote Suppose it depends really though. It's all good and well removing a limiter, and it's not exactly difficult, but does it go against manufacturer recommendations? Is the bus as efficient at that speed as it is at the capped speed? It may have worse fuel consumption that a comparable vehicle for example.
On certain routes though, it completely takes certain vehicles out of the equation when ordering, as Dan has said earlier. The vehicle obviously won't be as efficient at the higher speed (don't quote me on this figure, but while studying for my theory, I seem to remember reading that a vehicle is up to 30% less fuel efficient at 70 than it is at 50...), but then if services are constantly late because the thing can't exceed 50mph, then customers will get annoyed, even more so when more time has to be added into the timetable because the vehicles can't cope...