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Thread Author: Crankcase Replies: 18
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 Where's the end of a variable limit? - Crankcase
I don't do that much motorway driving, so am probably out of touch.

Last weekend we used the M6, and there were acres of overhead gantries with variable speed limits. All good, except that by coincidence I found a long thread on another forum this morning about them which has challenged my understanding.

Those here I'm sure know the answer, hence asking.

So - I took the view that if a gantry has 60 on it, then as you go under it 60 is the limit. No issue there. However, I also took the view that if the next gantry wasn't illuminated, then that meant the variable limit was over and now you can go at 70 again.

It appears I was wrong - you are supposed to stay at 60 until told otherwise by another limit or a NSL sign.

Really? I can see the logic, but I'm sure not all those limits I went through had NSLs at the end. I'd probably have been driving 80 miles at 40mph if I'd waited for a non existent sign telling me it was all over. And of course everyone else treated it as I understood it.

I know that PRACTICALLY speeding up under a non-lit gantry is ok, as the camera won't fire unless you are over 70odd anyway?

What do you do?

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 Where's the end of a variable limit? new Crankcase 12 Feb 19 15:12
 Where's the end of a variable limit? new CGNorwich 12 Feb 19 16:08
 Where's the end of a variable limit? new Bromptonaut 12 Feb 19 16:30
 Where's the end of a variable limit? new commerdriver 12 Feb 19 16:48
 Where's the end of a variable limit? new Crankcase 12 Feb 19 17:07
 Where's the end of a variable limit? new Manatee 12 Feb 19 17:02
 Where's the end of a variable limit? new Crankcase 12 Feb 19 17:11
 Where's the end of a variable limit? new Crankcase 12 Feb 19 17:19
 Where's the end of a variable limit? new Manatee 12 Feb 19 17:39
 Where's the end of a variable limit? new Zero 19 Feb 19 13:38
 Where's the end of a variable limit? new smokie 19 Feb 19 14:55
 Where's the end of a variable limit.. new Clk Sec 19 Feb 19 15:34
 Poor Motorway Signage new zippy 20 Feb 19 14:26
 Poor Motorway Signage new Bromptonaut 20 Feb 19 15:06
 Poor Motorway Signage new zippy 20 Feb 19 15:56
 Poor Motorway Signage new sooty123 20 Feb 19 15:39
 Poor Signage A406 new sherlock47 21 Feb 19 08:14
 Poor Signage A406 new Zero 21 Feb 19 10:16
 Poor Signage A406 new wotspur 26 Mar 19 19:19
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