Talk:National speed limit

Not quite "national"
Perhaps the name of this page should be replaced with "United Kingdom speed limit" since "national" is more than a little misleading. 216.125.152.249 15:06, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


 * National is the name of the speed limit and not a description of it. See http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/signs04.htm. If there was a consensus we could change it to 'National speed limit (UK)'. But in my opinion I dont agree we should.--TFoxton 17:08, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Speed Limit on a Dual Carriageway
I always thought the speeds were a maximum of 60mph on A roads and 70mph on M (motorways)? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wikitrader (talk • contribs).
 * ha, i always wondered why people do 60 on dual carriageways - http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/09.htm#103 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TFoxton (talk • contribs).
 * Not as far as I know, the speed limit on the Plymouth section of the A38 ('The Parkway') at least is 70mph, I expect it is all the way from Cornwall to Exeter too. -Janipewter 07:24, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The speed limit on a dual carriageway (see definition of a dual carriageway here) is 70mph for cars unless there is a lower limit signposted or there are streetlights without national speed limit signs posted. --TFoxton 17:11, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

In relation to this sign.
All very hard for international uniformity when countries, in this case UK, take such a sign as this, and proceed to give it different meaning to that held in the UN Convention on Road Traffic, Road Signs and Signals.

Its International legal meaning; "END OF ALL LOCAL PROHIBITIONS IMPOSED ON MOVING VEHICLES".

We'll let it go being national regulation, but it really should be removed from the road network in UK.

JP Mot Adv-NSW AUS —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 59.167.245.15 (talk • contribs).


 * Funnily enough, that's also its meaning on the UK network - "The locally-posted speed limit ends here". Many years ago, there were ( 70 ) signs posted at the entrances to motorways.  No more - and where temporary or local limits have applied in the past (e.g. 50 on the M4 motorway at Port Talbot), the ( 70 ) s were replaced with NSL signs.  81.104.170.167 03:25, 4 November 2006 (UTC)