Blanked out speed limit signs.

[Graham.J]

When driving up to Cambridge on Thursday (avoiding motorways, still learning) I went along a stretch of open road with nice long sweeping bends but all along there the speed limit signs had been sprayed with grey spray paint.

Can plod still do you for speeding??

[mikeylad]

dunno, but you'd hope not.

2+2=...

which might make an interesting defense if one was to make a midnight return to the scene of a plodding with your amateur graffiti kit and have a little creative blitz on the signs. hypothetically, naturally.

[DennisTheMenace]

If you are going through say a 40 limit with repeater signs im pretty sure that if one of the repeater signs gets damaged the limit dosent stand

[The DJ 27]

If you read the highway code, its to do with streetlights as well. Like, if a road has evenly spaced streetlights (or something like that, look it up), the limit is 30mph UNLESS signs tell you otherwise

[rs1952]

When you come across a speed limit sign blanked out by grey paint, it is normally a sign that the limit has been agreed and approved by the local council, but has yet to be imposed.

Put your foot down while you still can!!!!!

[jmorgan]

rs1952 said: When you come across a speed limit sign blanked out by grey paint, it is normally a sign that the limit has been agreed and approved by the local council, but has yet to be imposed.

Put your foot down while you still can!!!!!

Yep, see that a lot. And the ones with bin bags on. Only later to see them in thier full glory.

[Graham.J]

I would have floored it and had some fun in the twisty bits but when it dawned on me that I probably couldn't be done there was a numpty in a micra pootling along at 30 about 3 cars ahead.

[Maf]

Coming along a dual carridgeway out of Ipswich last night, and number of 40mph repeater signs have appeared.

Worse than that though, or the NSL signs are still left up! If they are going to be anally retentive about speed they could at least make sure there is only one set of sign on any given stretch of road!

Suspect the NSL signs will be gone soon enough though, and then its another 70mph down to 40mph. :sigh:

Mat

[Teppic]

Maf said: Coming along a dual carridgeway out of Ipswich last night, and number of 40mph repeater signs have appeared.

Worse than that though, or the NSL signs are still left up! If they are going to be anally retentive about speed they could at least make sure there is only one set of sign on any given stretch of road!

Suspect the NSL signs will be gone soon enough though, and then its another 70mph down to 40mph. :sigh:

Mat

That's the dual carrigeway bit leading down to the A12 towards Colchester isn't it?

I know it well, and went along the road for the first time in three days. The NSL signs were there on Tuesday, but yesterday I noticed that the NSL signs by the traffic lights had gone and that 40mph repeaters had gone up. I also noticed at least one NSL repeater still up though...

Coming back the other way though there are no large 40mph signs indicating where the new 40 zone starts - only repeater signs... Doesn't that make it uninforcable?

[Maf]

I agree it is unenforceable at the mo. Probably wont stop them putting a speedtrap on it though!

It will all be sorted and properly signed to 40mph within a week, betcha.

Used to be a great little bit of road for a traffic light drag on the way out of town that bit.

[Teppic]

Maf said:
Used to be a great little bit of road for a traffic light drag on the way out of town that bit.

Damn right! Although it was ruined the day they put the crossing by Tesco's. I've never liked crossings right on the exits of roundabouts - downright dangerous IMO.

[Maf]

Completely agree Tepic. As if you haven't got enough to worry about coming off a roundabout with numpties cutting you up left, right and centre, you have to allow for pedestrians leaping at you, with right of way. Colchester is worse, they like them to be zebra's instead of lights.

It's another part of the twisted logic that goes something like "make things dangerous, that will make 'em driver slower, which will make things safe". Doh!

:again:

Maf

[RichardR]

There's an article on the ABD site that goes into all the detail, but I think the upshot is that if the signs don't meet all the necessary regulations (start and end of limit and repeaters) then it's not enforceable.