National Speed Limit...

[Maz]

Someone who recently took their driving test told me that the national speed limit on single-lane carriageway roads was 60mph, and 70mph on multi-lane carriageways.

Is this true?

 

[alecstilleyedye]

yes

 

[Smokin Joe]

It's 70mph on dual carriageways, the number of lanes in either direction has nothing to do with it.

 

[gavintc]

That is, if you are driving a vehicle less than 3.5t. For LGV, the speed limits are 40 and 60 respectively.

I hope you are not a car driver as this question falls into the bracket of "what are all those white lines on the road for ?"

 

[Scoosh]

Do you drive a car as well as a bike ???
..... and you don't know this ???
did they have speed limits when you started driving ? or a man with a flag ?

<this is firmly tongue in cheek>

 

[Melvil]

If you're a police officer you can drive at whatever speed you like and if you get busted your freemason colleagues will get you off the hook.

 

[marinyork]

There is a lemma somewhere in the highwaycode that defines what a dual carriageway is. Smokin Joe and gavintc are entirely correct in what they say.

 

[Smeggers]

assuming there not in built up areas too

 

[LLB]

Someone who recently took their driving test told me that the national speed limit on single-lane carriageway roads was 60mph, and 70mph on multi-lane carriageways.

Is this true?

It is dependent on the vehicle type as well as the road markings

Read this for the guide

 

[Smokin Joe]

There is a lemma somewhere in the highwaycode that defines what a dual carriageway is. Smokin Joe and gavintc are entirely correct in what they say.

A dual carriageway is a road where opposing traffic flows are seperated by a solid barrier.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

to clarify, the national speed limit is in force only in absence of other signage. the national speed limit in built up areas with street lighting and no speed limit signage is 30mph.

 

[Graham O]

It's 70mph on dual carriageways, the number of lanes in either direction has nothing to do with it.

It is only 70 if no other speed limit is in force. Increasingly, dual carriageways have lower speed limits, even if non urban.

 

[Jaded]

A dual carriageway is a road where opposing traffic flows are seperated by a solid barrier.

...or a grass 'central reservation'

 

[Hilldodger]

In a white van or any German built car you're allowed to do 95mph anywhere. Apparently

 

[girofan]

That is, if you are driving a vehicle less than 3.5t. For LGV, the speed limits are 40 and 60 respectively.

I hope you are not a car driver as this question falls into the bracket of "what are all those white lines on the road for ?"

Or if you are towing a caravan, when the limit is 60mph.
Unless of course you are in the Wrexham area. Then you can bat along at 70mph+ with your caravan swaying behind you, as I witnessed two of these middle-aged idiots doing yesterday!! !