speed limits

[mo hamilton]

Ok here's the daft question, You are on the m/way, the speed limits 70, your doing 60 , the posted speed limit for the road drops to 50 does that mean you have to do 10mph less than that?(did that make sense?)

 

[Icemaker]

No it does not meen you have to drop to 10 mph lower Mo, on motorways the limit is 60 unless theire is a lower limit in force, on dual carriage ways with the national limit posted the limit is 60 unless a lower limit is in force, but on single carriage ways with the national limit posted you are limited to 50 unless of course a lower limit is in force. One thing to bear in mind Mo, if you drop to 40 on the motorway you run a very real risk of being stopped by the police for "not making adequate progress" as 40 mph is regarded as too slow for the motorway. I am not too sure whether it is the law or just a recomendation though but some of you may remember the old couple who got a fixed penalty for doing 30 on the motorway, it was in most tabloids a few years ago.

 

[Damian]

Mo, if the speed on a Motorway is reduced, because of roadworks, for example, then the new limit applies.

They usually set a 50mph lower limit where both carriageways merge and are separated by cones alone, and as such , this part of the motorway becomes a dual carriageway, instead of motorway, and cars towing vans are allowed to travel at 50mph on such roads.Hope this helps