'New speed limit' sign

[GPS_fan]

Like many others, I drive a fairly standard route (to/from work etc) on a regular basis and have familiarised myself both with where the speed limit changes and what it changes to.

If the white lines change or a roundabout is added, this is usually accompanied by a sign saying "New road layout ahead" or "New roundabout ahead"

Why, then, when the speed limit along a stretch of road is reduced (in this case) 40 to 30 is this not accompanied by a sign advising of a new speed limit ahead??

In this particular instance, I think that 30 is a more suitable speed for the road than 40 - but it's just the fact that the speed limit has been reduced without warning that's bugged me a little....maybe, I just got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning

Is it part of the revenue earning potential of roads and the authorities are banking on countless drivers assuming that the speed limit is unchanged to swell their coffers?
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Andy
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[MaFt]

but if they put a new sign up saying 'new sign ahead' then the 'new sign ahead' sign will also need a sign warning of it's existence and then where do you stop?!

seriously though i'd ask the council! from what i understand it's a long legal process to get a road speed changed so i'd have thought there'd have been something in the local paper at some point...

MaFt

[Skippy]

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[DennisN]

Signs are a specified size - too far back for me to remember them, but you'll find every 30mph sign the same size, repeaters the same (smaller) size, etc. Same as colours - blue for motorways, green for trunk roads, etc.
That will let us all recognise them - you won't find a tiny 30mph sign, they'll all be 600mm diameter or whatever the size should be. Different size specification for road classifications. Different sizing for temp roadworks.
There are rules about chopping back vegetation, but those seem these days to be qualified by the 'green' influence - don't chop nice flowers, bushes or birds' nests, until after the flowering or nesting season - rather negates the vision bit!!
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Dennis

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[DennisN]

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[Skippy]

[trafficsign]

I was caught out in similar circumstances on the A325 in Hampshire driving through Whitehill and Bordon. For many years the 30 limit in Whitehill changed to a 40 limit just before entering Bordon at a point where there is now a roundabout and Jet Service Station.

When the 40 limit was changed to a 30 limit the 40 signs were taken down and so also were the 40 repeater signs on the lamp posts. This had the result that local motorists who happened to miss the obligatory official announcement in the local press only became aware if they noticed that the old 40 signs had disappeared. From that time the 30 limit through Whitehill was extended through Bordon by default.

The regulations do not permit 30 repeater signs where there is a system of electric street lights placed less than 183 metres apart in England and Wales (185 metres in Scotland) as in this case. Following a complaint to the Highway Authority signs were placed advising motorists of the lower limit. The advisory signs do not appear to be a legal requirement.

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[DennisN]

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