How do you know you are in a 30 mph zone? what does it look like? As I am currently involved with speed awareness courses in Greater Manchester, Liverpool and North Wales. The amount of people ending up on these courses, who really did not know they were in a 30 zone, seems to be on the increase.
However it is very simple to work out. Rule 124 of the highway code states you must not exceed the maximum speed limits for the road and for your vehicle the presence of street lights generally means there is a 30 mph speed limit unless otherwise specified.
So when you are on the road and have ‘lost the plot’ on the speed limit which we all do from time to time just look for the lights, if there is regular street lights i.e. more than one street lamp, do 30 miles an hour unless you see a sign that tells you can do something else.
30 mph signs do not have to be repeated, so therefore once you enter a 30 zone you will not see another 30 sign until the speed limit changes, this is why it is easy to ‘lose the plot’.
Many people believe that dual carriageways are higher speed limits, this is simply not true Aigburth Road example is a 30 miles an hour speed limit, the Bootle end (which includes the flyover at County road) and Allerton Road end of Queens Drive is also a 30 zone.
If anybody has any questions on speed limits please feel free to e-mail me