| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Roehampton Lane 20mph from 20 March 2026 plus extra speed cameras | |
| Posted by: | Andrew Jones | |
| Date/Time: | 07/03/26 00:31:00 |
| The signs in the middle of stretches are allowed by regulations to be smaller, so there is a reason why signs are/can be different sizes Very easy to miss them going west on the westway if you are a cr*p unobservant driver, but for the rest of us, you can't help but realise the speed limit is 30 mph if you are driving responsibly. I'll admit I was wrong when I said there were about 20 pairs of signs indicating the 30 mph speed limit in force from its start heading west towards the northern roundabout - I counted again yesterday and it's only about 15, the rest of the 20 I'd previously mentioned were beyond the northern roundabout but before the Westway becomes a 40 mph road (just before the turn off into Bloemfontein Road) However, that's still about 15 pairs of signs on the westway - are you really suggesting that every single sign is going to be obscured (on both sides of the carriageway!) by a van or lorry? Oh, and I spotted an overhead 30 mph sign on the first gantry where the A501 becomes the A40. The reason there isn't a sign on the gantry after the northern roundabout is that the speed limit there is still 30 mph, but the speed limit goes upto 40 mph not long afterwards, so it would be confusing to have a big 30 mph sign on a gantry when the speed limit is going to change very shortly. In case you're wondering, you can't make the speed limit 40 mph at the gantry, because then you will need an extra average speed camera installed before the gantry. No objections to 30 mph signs painted on the road, from driving around the States I know how much you Americans like to paint the road, but here in the UK you still need the legally required signage for speed limits to be enforceable, and there is plenty of signage going west on the westway. I'll have a look going the other way (East) some time. I can't comment about the A316, or signage elsewhere, I'm more than willing to believe it could be a lot better, and it might be confusing/doesn't convey information well enough, BUT there is nothing contradictory, or inconsistent about how the speed limit is signed on the westbound section of the Westway when coming out of central London. |