On 03/11/2013 10:41, Gefreiter Krueger wrote:
On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 10:34:26 -0000, charles
wrote:

In article , Gefreiter Krueger
wrote:
On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 10:19:04 -0000, Bob Eager wrote:

On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 10:15:52 +0000, Gefreiter Krueger wrote:

On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 10:09:14 -0000, Bob Eager
wrote:

On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 09:33:07 +0000, Gefreiter Krueger wrote:

Another announced that the speed limit on a dual carriage is
60MPH!

It usually is.

You really love making sweeping, WRONG statements, don't you?

https://www.gov.uk/speed-limits

Jesus Christ. Let me draw you a picture.
http://www.petersphotos.com/temp/speed.jpg

And that picture proves that you made a WRONG statement. Again.

The website clearly states a single carriageway is 60mph.

Ok, so I misread dual in the post above.

I hate to think how many mistakes you make on the road.

On a road you see the road, not a label telling you what it is. You
can't misread it.

Sometimes you have to read the label, too. there's a mile stretch of
dual
carriageway near here which has 50mph signs posted.

That's a number, and less likely to be misread.

Until a few years ago there was a section of road near here that was
single carriageway, one lane each direction, no central reservation, no
hard shoulder - however it was classed as a motorway and hence 70 mph
limit for cars, but no speed limit signs. It was incredible how many
people, even locals thought that it was 60 mph or even 40 mph!

It has since been downgraded to an A road and a 50 mph limit - it
apparently makes the regulations for road closures, partial closures,
etc. for maintenance simpler.

SteveW



And you don't have to read the label, unless the satnav makes a noise to
warn you it's got a camera.