[pE71J5Sw]

I travelled along the A444 in Leicestershire today, and all of the road signs had the national speed limit logo on them, so the limit would be 60 on a single carriageway. Yet randomly on the road itself, theyre are 50mph markings painted on the road. What speed limit would it be?

[Valdoyes]

55?

[MzTT]

55?

lol [rofl]

I would just drive at 60, if the police pull you over and ask why you are going past 50, just say there was a sign saying I could do 60, nothing they can do then

[GueseVekdet]

55, thats great!!

I would say the speed limit would be 50, but as there is signs saying 60, you could travel at that speed, you may get pulled but they couldnt do anything!

[sPncEjF7]

From what I know, By Law, there has to be 2 signs on both side of the road, almost parallel to each other.

So if your driving along a road and there is a 60 mph sign on the left or right side and a sign on the road saying 50mph, then you should treat that road as a 60mph.

More often than not, you will see one sign on the left or right, then slightly further on, you'll see another sign the same as the first on the opposite side as the first one.

Since the signs have to be almost parallel to each other, you could argue that if you pass just one sign when no other is nearby on the opposite side and you exceed the limit imposed on the sign, you can argue that the sign is not legal, should a police officer then stop you for exceeding the posted limit.

I've done this once and got away with it, but the following week on using the same road, the council had added another sign on the opposite side to the first one.

These secondary signs are called repeater signs as they essentially repeat the speed limit on the first sign, but if there is only the first sign and no repeaters, then you can essentially ignore the first sign, because its not legal.

Unless its in an area where its obvious that its a 30mph limit, i.e. streetlights evenly spaced or within 200 yards of each other.

[PhillipHer]

Dunno but i allways go atleast 60 on that road.

[pE71J5Sw]

Dunno but i allways go atleast 60 on that road.

I would love to, but I always seem to get stuck behind people doing 40 now. I have done the occasional 70 though when the traffic is flowing at that speed before the confusing 50 paintings arrived. Its the A5 Redgate junction that royally pisses me off every morning.