Speed limit signs
Start of motorway regulations, including the national speed limit
What it means
Motorway regulations begin at this sign, including the national limit of 70 mph for cars. As a provisional licence holder you MUST NOT drive on a motorway unless you are with a DVSA approved driving instructor in a dual-control car. Use the slip road to build up to traffic speed before merging.
Highway Code Rule 253 — read it on GOV.UK
Test yourself on signs like this one
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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
