prosecution for doing 60 in a 60 zone

Rover_Driver

kaya wrote: »

Not for a car it isn't, if there is a metal Armco dividing the carriageways on a dual carriageway it's 70mph for cars unless otherwise stated , no Armco then it's 60mph

Even if the centre reservation is only grass, there is no difference and the national speed limit for cars is 70mph.

davetrousers

kaya wrote: »

Not for a car it isn't, if there is a metal Armco dividing the carriageways on a dual carriageway it's 70mph for cars unless otherwise stated , no Armco then it's 60mph

A dual carriageway is a road which has a central reservation to separate the carriageways.

From https://www.gov.uk/general-rules-all-drivers-riders-103-to-158/multilane-carriageways-133-to-143

andygb

photome wrote: »

I thought this to be the case. I regularly see white van man doing in excess of 90 on a Dual Carriageway, IMO, do they not value their license/job

Down here in Kent the majority of vehicles which are way over the speed limit, seem to be large vans of all descriptions - transits, sprinters etc.
Even when you are overtaking at reasonable speeds, they will dangerously tailgate to try to intimidate you out of the way. Then they carry on to their next victim.

Strider590

stator wrote: »

Thats the definition of a dual carriageway. The number of lanes is irrelevant. Dual refers to the presence of two carriageways/roads, not two lanes.

I said that............ Isn't that what I said in the same sentence you just quoted? ?

Retrogamer

Zandoni wrote: »

I'm fully aware of that, but I still feel the OP's pain.

Perhaps the companies that hire these vans should do more to make people aware.

I was thinking perhaps drivers should make more effort to stay familiar with the highway code and the laws that govern the roads.

AdrianC

Rover_Driver wrote: »

Even if the centre reservation is only grass, there is no difference and the national speed limit for cars is 70mph.

The nice easy mental image we were given on an SAC was that if you can roll a ball all the way across on tarmac, it's single carriageway...

molerat

Another total PITA on the now average speed camera A9. A lot of van drivers are aware that the system knows the class of vehicle and will issue tickets accordingly so it is now white van man that holds the traffic up instead of Tesco lorries :mad:

Herzlos

Yeah, but holding traffic up by following the law isn't their fault; that's how fast they should always have been driving...

molerat

Last week I was following a van pretty much all the way up from Perth. When he got off the A9 he was gone ! The Scottish government have been very cagey about the accident statistics since the introduction of the cameras on the "reducing accidents" ticket only really giving reduced average speed figures. IMO it is causing increased frustration and more risky overtaking.

Car_54

mr.blobby wrote: »

I think they should at least make it more aware to people that the speed limits we see on signs are only to car drivers. Im not happy at all!

Good idea. They should put it in a book. They could call it the Highway Code, and make learners sit a test on it.

Oh, hang on ...