50mph?

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When did the dual-carriageway on the A944 in Aberdeenshire between Westhill and Skene Rd become 50mph all the way? I knew it was 50 mph part of the way but now it's straight through. I've been 'hammering' up there at 75mph religiously, oblivious to the new limit! It probably should be 50mph all the way as there are some nasty juntions on it but It's news to me as to when it changed. Luckily for me the polis haven't been doing many speed traps there!

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Dave L said:

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When did the dual-carriageway on the A944 in Aberdeenshire between Westhill and Skene Rd become 50mph all the way? I knew it was 50 mph part of the way but now it's straight through. I've been 'hammering' up there at 75mph religiously, oblivious to the new limit! It probably should be 50mph all the way as there are some nasty juntions on it but It's news to me as to when it changed. Luckily for me the polis haven't been doing many speed traps there!

Since the middle of October, possibly one road that I actually agree should be a 50 zone due to the number of junctions/ farm entrances and should have been reduced a long time ago imho..............havent you noticed the big signs saying 50 all the way along

It was reduced the day after I moved away from Westhill and the few times I have driven it now since then it appears most folk stick to the 50 tbh.

There don't appear to be any of the large speed limit signs, just the small ones.

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motoGF said:

I think it took me a couple of days to notice. The signs notifying the change aren't exactly prominent.

Likewise, I was also unaware the Union Street is 20mph until recently - doh!

Union St is 20mph?! I've definitely not seen the signs for that!!

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75 is my 70! And I've driven that stretch regularly for the past 15 years - tend to be on autopilot and habits are hard to change.

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matthewg said:

Dave L] said:

Since the middle of October, possibly one road that I actually agree should be a 50 zone due to the number of junctions/ farm entrances and should have been reduced a long time ago imho..............havent you noticed the big signs saying 50 all the way along

But as previously stated, there aren't any big signs, just wee ones.

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rossub said:

Signed.

This is driving me mad. It was working perfectly well at 50. Now you've got people sitting at 38 mph across both lanes, which means they're actually not doing much more than 30.

I agree. It was a bit crazy when the limit was 70 with all the junctions (without slip-roads and some crossing the carriageway), tractors etc. But 50 was fine!