On 13/03/2013 09:41, fred wrote:
On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:50:43 AM UTC, Nightjar wrote:
On 13/03/2013 02:28, Arfa Daily wrote:

Has anyone got any long-term experience of LED street light replacements
? They've just started replacing all the lamposts in my street, with a
lot fewer - and 2 metre taller - lamposts fitted with LED luminaires. ...

If they have increased the spacing, you might want to check that it is
still no more than 183 metres. If the spacing is greater than that, it
makes a 30mph speed limit unenforceable, unless they fit repeater signs
along the road.


I thought that idea had been done away with, no ?

It was eliminated in the Republic of Ireland, and at the same time the placement of speed limits into the hands of brain dead morons at the beck and call of local idiots.

It still applies in England and Wales, where the spacing is 183 metres,
and Scotland, where the spacing is 185 metres.

It is utterly arcane. Varying speed limits with no indication whatsoever of what limit is in operation in a particular area apart from the initial signs.

The street lights are the indication. Anything other than 30mph in a
built up area has to be signed with repeaters.

Colin Bignell