Layby speed limits
Discussion
Somewhatfoolish said:
What is the speed limit in a layby, if there is one at all? If there is a physical barrier between the layby and the carriageway would it affect it?
It'll be the same as the road.No change-of-limit signs at the start/end, and very few are long enough for the default streetlight rule to kick in.
But you'd have to be some special kind of special...
I think passing through any layby at anything more than a crawl would pass the test for Dangerous Driving if you were doing it deliberately to pass traffic on the carriageway, especially if there were vehicles parked in it. Accelerating out of a layby to join traffic is acceptable, in the same way as building up speed on a hard shoulder. If the carriageway was blocked then making your way carefully through a layby would be fine.
Me too - not sure if I have the cojones though. Either plod or the Grim Reaper would have me.Just before Xmas heading south on the A30 (dual carriageway) around Launceston the 2 lanes were blocked by an accident and all traffic (quite light though) was filtered in to a single lane and was then being directed through a layby which conveniently allowed the traffic to continue around the accident whilst allowing the emergency services to do their work.
I went through at around 40 mph whilst being given a "hurry up" hand gesture signal by the policeman directing the traffic through... (unless he was cold and trying to warm up.. )
So no idea on a speed limit but in this instance being given the hurry up meant WOT was applied coming back out ...
I went through at around 40 mph whilst being given a "hurry up" hand gesture signal by the policeman directing the traffic through... (unless he was cold and trying to warm up.. )
So no idea on a speed limit but in this instance being given the hurry up meant WOT was applied coming back out ...
Used to travel regularly across the New Forest and always thought it would be possible on these 2 laybys on the A31:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.8735358,-1.69364...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.8699314,-1.69890...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.8735358,-1.69364...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.8699314,-1.69890...
I was once a passenger in a car and the driver was an ex-police class 1 driver. We were heading from Sudbury (Ashbourne) towards Ashbourne town on the A515. We were in a queue of 5 cars behind a tractor and trailer.
The lead car (we were at the back) kept jutting out to make a pass but was too close to see properly and the guy behind him was doing the same. As we approached a layby on our offside our driver said, I'm going to pull in here for 5 minutes as these two are going to cause an accident.
As we pulled in you could see all the way up the road and braaap, off we went and passed the lot - tidy little move really but wasn't the original intension.
The lead car (we were at the back) kept jutting out to make a pass but was too close to see properly and the guy behind him was doing the same. As we approached a layby on our offside our driver said, I'm going to pull in here for 5 minutes as these two are going to cause an accident.
As we pulled in you could see all the way up the road and braaap, off we went and passed the lot - tidy little move really but wasn't the original intension.
TooMany2cvs said:
Seesure said:
I went through at around 40 mph whilst being given a "hurry up" hand gesture signal by the policeman directing the traffic through... (unless he was cold and trying to warm up.. )
Are you sure he wasn't calling you a w
ker?Feck off and get back under your bridge with your troll friends ...
IJWS15 said:
I saw it done years ago just south of Yarm
I once saw an overtake done using this layby on the A58 near Wetherby:https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.9189264,-1.39601...
I was in a queue of several vehicles following a tractor, and somebody passed the lot of us using the layby. It took a few of us by surprise, but it worked perfectly OK.
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