Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
As a general rule, the speed limit is 30mph unless signs say otherwise. National speed limits for cars, motorcycles, car-derived vans and dual purpose vehicles, indicated by a circular white sign with a diagonal black bar, are: 60mph (50mph if towing) on a single carriageway. 70mph (60...
Drove through temporary road works and all the vehicles were going over the 40 limit on a dual carriageway where you normally do 70? Camera never flashed.Answer: Gatso speed cameras require a 240v power supply to work. Often in roadwork's you will see a large generator next to the Gatso...
The new upper limit followed pilot research on the Naas dual-carriageway – the first substantial length of dual-carriageway opened in the State in 1968. It found a 60mph limit along that stretch of road resulted in crashes halving and casualties being reduced by two thirds...
However, the only time drivers exceeded the speed limit was also on the mountain road (scenario 5), in a straight segment with a 40 kph limit. On the dual carriageway, they drove more slowly through the slight bend segment (scenario 2) compared to the straight segment (scenario 1), ...
The rules about UK speed limits in the Highway Code are clear. A table tells us that on single carriageway roads, in non-built-up areas, the limit is 60mph. That rule isn’t just there for the benefit of road-users – it is also the guideline which local authorities are supposed to...
Although speeding offences are generally on the decline, the revamped and increased penalties (from April 2017) could see you being fined as much as £1,000 for an offence on a single or dual carriageway, and as much as £2,500 for a similar offence on a motorway. Regardless of road...
I can understand drivers being fined for excessive speeding, however, whenit comes to being prosecuted for being a few miles over the speed limit, then it appears that motorists are being scapegoated. If the real reason for deploying speed camera's was to cut down on RTA's, then why aren...
The location and the number of variable message signs along road sections, depending on the traffic volume or accompanying road incidents, can influence the places where dangerous spots occur. For this reason, it is important to identify such places in advance and limit their number to reduce ...
associated with the road that the vehicle is currently on, and the vehicle is trying to match the speed; however, in scenarios where some vehicles do not adhere to speed limits, the top speed for those vehicles would be a value between 30 and 45 mph ultimately breaking the speed limit. ...