Speed awareness course

[Sysman]

That was correct however; I believe the law has changed. I recently went through a new 30mph area in the countryside that had no lampposts and no repeater signs. Also any limit below 30mph must by law have extra markings such and marking on the tarmac to designate the restricted speed area however, local councils seem to often ignore this. There are several stretches of roads now that go from limits of 30 to 40 to 30 to 50 to 60 to 30 within a mile or so. It’s now very difficult to distinguish what is the limit is

I'm sure it changed years ago. I was most surprised to see that some bits of country road without lamp posts in an old stomping ground had been changed from derestricted to 30mph and that was a decade ago.

[VectraMan]

The cul de sac I live on is technically a 40 because the main road it attaches to is a 40 and there's no sign to say anything different. But as it has lamposts, is it really a 30? But then the main road also has lamposts, and doesn't have 40 signs every few yards. So how are you meant to know the difference between a 40mph road with lamposts and a 30 mph road with lamposts with a sign missing?

In Buckingham they've been switching off street lighting as an "experiment". Does that mean that the speed limit being 30 because of lamposts doesn't apply at night because you can't see the lamposts? Or does it not apply at any time because the lampposts don't have lamps that work? Is a lamppost a lamppost if it doesn't light up, or is it just a post?

Hmmm.

[EternalOptimist]

The cul de sac I live on is technically a 40 because the main road it attaches to is a 40 and there's no sign to say anything different. But as it has lamposts, is it really a 30? But then the main road also has lamposts, and doesn't have 40 signs every few yards. So how are you meant to know the difference between a 40mph road with lamposts and a 30 mph road with lamposts with a sign missing?

Hmmm.

The cul de sac is a 40.
If you are driving through lamposts and you see signs on them, you know its not 30, so you can put your foot down. When you can read the signs, you know if its a 40 or a 50.
If you are driving through lamposts and you see a junction, and the junction is marked 30, you can put your foot down because you must be in a 40 or 50.

until then, its a 30

[DaveB]

If it's a built up area and I can't see any signs I just assume it's 30 untill I see something that says otherwise.