Speed limit signs
National speed limits apply
What it means
A white circle with a black diagonal stripe means the national speed limit applies - not that speed stops mattering. For a car that is 60 mph on a single carriageway and 70 on a dual carriageway, and lower again if you are towing. Work out which road you are on, then drive to the conditions, often well under 60 on a lane.
Highway Code Rule 124 — read it on GOV.UK
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Other speed limit signs
- Area in which cameras are used to enforce the speed limit regulations
- End of restriction or prohibition conveyed by an associated sign
- Entrance to a 20 miles per hour speed limit zone
- Length of road where two cameras are used to measure the average speed of a vehicle between two points
- Maximum speed limit of 20 miles per hour
- Maximum speed limit of 30 miles per hour
Sign images: Department for Transport, © Crown copyright. Used under the Open Government Licence v3.0.