Driving at the speed limit

TruffleShuffle said:
I would also appriciate it if a motoring organisation did a qualitative study to see how many people actually know what this sign means:

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I dont mean multiple choice becuase they'd probably guess then. I mean show them an image of the sign and ask them what it it means, writing down their responses.

The number of car drivers i've seen who go into a 40 zone, slow to 40mph but then on leaving it (and passing a NSL sign) dont speed up to 60mph becuase they havent seen a 60mph sign. :(
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iirc, it doesn't mean 60 per say, it means national speed limit for that type of road. So if you're on a dual carriageway on see one, then it means 70
 
bledd. said:
iirc, it doesn't mean 60 per say, it means national speed limit for that type of road. So if you're on a dual carriageway on see one, then it means 70
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It depends what type of vehicle you're driving.

Single carriageway = 60mph in a car/van, but 50mph when towing a caravan or trailer (or when driving a bus/HGV).
Dual carriageway = 70mph in car/van,but 60mph when towing a caravan or trailer (or when driving a bus/HGV).
 
I think they use this sign so if some day they decide to make the national speed limit for A / B roads 70, then they don't need to replace all of the signs
 
I see this almost every day, gets quite annoying. People doing 40 on the dual carriageway coming out of work, then 40 in the 30 zone that follows. Eejits.
 
div0 said:
I hate people who feel the need to announce their pet hates on an internet forum, it drives me crazy.

If you're complaining about driving and the forum has a motors section, at least post in motors! Not GD, or SC, but... Motors!

The worst thing is, when someone posts to complain about something that has been posted several times before. :mad:
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Irony
 
PapaLazaru said:
So, on single track country lanes that are designated the National Speed Limit, you thinki we should all bomb about at 60mph?

It would be carnage!
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NSL does not equal = 60mph.

There are differences. A dual carriageway with barriers is 70mph where a single track road in the country could be NSL 40mph.

I can't remember the whole part of the highway code, but it's in there.

edit: posted above :(
 
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Nymins said:
Driving at 10mph on a motorway is just plain dangerous. Tbh i think driving stupidly slow is just as hazardous to others as someone bombing it. Hate it when im doing 60 and someone pulls out down the road and continues at 40mph, causing me to slam on the brakes.
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You are a bad driver then if you can't see the car in front going slower

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My pet hate which I get here in Belgium is people slowing down to enter the motorway I've seen people scudding down the onramp at 70KMPH then nearly stopping on sliproad and I'm stuck behind them thinking great I now have to join the motorway going at 130+ KMPH from a standing start :mad:
 
div0 said:
It depends what type of vehicle you're driving.

Single carriageway = 60mph in a car/van, but 50mph when towing a caravan or trailer (or when driving a bus/HGV).
Dual carriageway = 70mph in car/van,but 60mph when towing a caravan or trailer (or when driving a bus/HGV).
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Hence why i said car, through a 40 zone, leaving it passing that sign.

This is exactly my point. People dont know what the sign means. If you are in a car (not trailing anything) on a single carriageway road then it's 60mph. Dual Carriageway 70mph, Motorway 70mph.

You hae to be careful though. The Highway code states that a road is a dual carriageway ONLY if it has a central reservation between the outside lanes. In other words, those hill roads that have 2 lanes going up so you can overtake slower traffic are still 60mph limit (unless you have to 'make progress' of course).
 
I find both annoying. The problem is that lots of A-roads are national and you can do 60 down them apart from a few bends which are sign-posted otherwise. Being stuck behind someone doing 30 dropping to 20 when they see another car or get to a corner is infuriating. If they don't trust themselves to drive faster on wide fast roads, then they should have lessons on how to drive.

As always, they will also be the car on the straight sections that deciede to accelerate as hard a possible while you are overtaking :rolleyes:

*edit* 70 needs to be dual carriageway with a central reservation IIRC. So some dual carriageways actually vary between 60 and 70 depending on if sections are missing.
 
div0 said:
It depends what type of vehicle you're driving.

Single carriageway = 60mph in a car/van, but 50mph when towing a caravan or trailer (or when driving a bus/HGV).
Dual carriageway = 70mph in car/van,but 60mph when towing a caravan or trailer (or when driving a bus/HGV).
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Wrong... Speed limit on a Dual carriageway for a van is 60MPH
 
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