We make the standards and we make the rules...

[Jon1967x]

7mike said:

Motivated by a desire to hang on to my licences I stick to the "acceptable" maximum speed limit on this road. Anyone care to guess what the speed limit is for this road?

Its not the greatest photo but I think I can make out street lights, I think its in the UK, I assume its not Jersey, Isle of Man or any other place that has slightly different rules, I can't make out any other sign indicating to the contrary, so my assumption is its 30.

[vonhosen]

Dr Jekyll said:

vonhosen said:

The speed limit is by definition the 'acceptable' maximum speed.

If by acceptable you mean legally acceptable, I don't see your point.

If by acceptable you mean capable of being accepted, then this simply isn't the case. There are many roads where it is physically impossible to reach he speed limit, there are others where many people 'accept' speeds of greater than the limit by driving at them.

We are talking about the speed limit within the context of a thread 'we make the standards and we make the rules'.
Of course it's legally.

[7mike]

Jon1967x said:

7mike said:

Motivated by a desire to hang on to my licences I stick to the "acceptable" maximum speed limit on this road. Anyone care to guess what the speed limit is for this road?

Its not the greatest photo but I think I can make out street lights, I think its in the UK, I assume its not Jersey, Isle of Man or any other place that has slightly different rules, I can't make out any other sign indicating to the contrary, so my assumption is its 30.

B6145, Thornton Rd in West Yorkshire if you want to have a closer look. Totally inappropriate 30 mph road (imho of course) where sticking to the legal limit results in lots of tailgating and overtaking which are far safer than speed I guess, according to the local council.