Why would anyone in their right mind even consider going anywhere near 60mph when these roads are winding, narrow and have such poor visibility? I might just be being ignorant but I don’t understand it.
by Witty-Show8030
Why would anyone in their right mind even consider going anywhere near 60mph when these roads are winding, narrow and have such poor visibility? I might just be being ignorant but I don’t understand it.
by Witty-Show8030
19 comments
A legal limit matters should an incident/accident happen.
There are a lor of people without ‘their right mind’.
It’s basically that no one’s bothered to figure out the safe speed there
Because it could be 60 or 70 – and they don’t need to make different signs.
Well they don’t need the sign even, if there are no street lights or signs it’s national limit by default.
Careless / dangerous driving laws still mean something, regardless of the speed limit on that road.
God the amount of fannies in here who can’t drive on a country road at 60.
So many people here seem to be missing your point 😂
Why is this road, and others like it, national speed limit when in some cases even 30 would be considered too fast.
Here in Cornwall 60 would be slow for the locals
It doesn’t mean that you can safely barrel along at 60 – you may need to slow down to an absolute crawl on a tight bend on a country road in case there is oncoming traffic – but then if there’s a long straight you can do 60. A blanket 30 or 40 on all country roads would significantly impact the lives of rural communities.
National speed limits are the default. Every little country lane would then need to be assessed to determine an actual suitable limit. Time and money thing really.
Speed limits are also not a target to try and reach. It’s up to the driver to assess conditions and change speed accordingly.
Extreme example: speed limits don’t change when it’s hammering down with rain and you can’t see 10ft in front of you, but common sense tells you that you should be going a lot slower. Same logic applies really.
It’s not mandatory to go 60. There’s not enough time or money to assess the appropriate speed limit for every stretch of country road in the country.
Because that’s the limit, not a target, you don’t have to do 60
Since no-one else has done it I guess I’ll have to be that person
**It’s a limit not a target**
They trust you to drive sensibly and reasonably on those roads and take due care not to put your car in a ditch, but the chances are if you get it wrong the only person getting hurt is you. Coming of age rituals in such areas include the first time you call your mates to help you get your Astra out of a ditch.
Imagine doing 60 there…and then in the next corner so meet w/ the combine harvester…the one they use for corn…go, google it! Proper zombie decimator
It’s so I can pretend to be Tommi makinen in my 1.2 Vauxhall corsa
There’s no pressing need, because you should drive to the conditions on country (and all) roads rather than aiming to reach the speed limit.
You’ll often find that country roads have advisory limits for specific hazards, which indicate the safe speed. I suspect that assessing mandatory limits would be onerous for councils – imagine leaving a village into 60, then having to drop to 30 for a corner, back to 60 for a bit, down to 30 for a narrow section, back to 60, down to 20 for a sharp blind bend…
The sign is a black strikeout of a speed sign, because it marks the end of speed limit restrictions. NSL then kicks in by default.
Outside of urban areas, many roads haven’t all been graded for speed, so you can drive at whatever speed is safe to do so according to conditions, but not exceeding the national speed limit for your class of vehicle.
Remember, it’s a speed *limit*, not a *target*.
Because they trust drivers to sensibly judge an appropriate speed, depending on weather, daylight, traffic, bends/visibilityetc. As it should be for all roads everywhere.
It’s a speed limit, not a speed target.