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Hello,<br>
<br>
Correct, speed limits become invalid at a junction in Belgium too. <br>
<br>
Source: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.wegcode.be/wet.php?wet=11&node=art9">http://www.wegcode.be/wet.php?wet=11&node=art9</a>
:<br>
"<b><font size="2em"><span
onclick='return copy_clip("wet.php?wet=11&node=art9#9.9");'
style="cursor: pointer;">9.9.</span>
Verkeersbord C43. Vanaf het verkeersbord tot het volgend kruispunt,
verbod te rijden met een grotere snelheid dan deze die is aangeduid."</font></b><br>
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Additionally several cities are now switching to zonal systems where in
the complete city you can either drive 30, 50 or 70. These are
obviously valid after the junction. However, things get more tricky
here:<br>
<br>
If you enter a speed limit zone it remains valid until that one is
ended. For example, if you enter a "zone 70" and a few kilometers later
you enter "zone 50", once you leave the "zone 50" you are in the "zone
70" again. This means that the board "zone 50" does not replace the
previous zone, rather it creates a zone in another one. The law
requires to repeat the "zone 70" board at the end of the "zone 50", but
not every city implements this correct. Similarly some cities think
that "zone 50" replaces "zone 70", so that it is sufficient to place an
end of the "zone 50" (e.g. Aarschot).<br>
<br>
Source: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.wegcode.be/wet.php?wet=1&node=art65#65.5.10">http://www.wegcode.be/wet.php?wet=1&node=art65#65.5.10</a><br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
Kenny<br>
<br>
Lennard wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Maarten Deen wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Just a quick question:
In Belgium, normal 2-lane roads have a maximum speed of 90 km/h. In more
populated areas and on hazardous points, the speedlimit is lowered to 70 km/h by
a sign.
How for does this speedlimit reach? In the Netherlands the rule is that outside
villages, a speedlimit is valid "for a roadsection", which is until the next
crossing or junction.
Is it the same in Belgium, so if I don't see a speedlimit sign after a crossing,
the speedlimit is not valid anymore?
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A speed limit signed with a traffic sign (e.g. C43), and without zonal
application, is valid until the next junction. This is not limited to
outside villages (and neither is that so in The Netherlands, by the way).
"Vanaf het verkeersbord tot het volgend kruispunt, verbod te rijden met
een grotere snelheid dan deze die is aangeduid."
"A partir du signal jusqu'au prochain carrefour, interdiction de
circuler à une vitesse supérieure à celle qui est indiquée."
Wegcode / Code de la route, Art.68
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.wegcode.be/wet.php?wet=1&node=art68">http://www.wegcode.be/wet.php?wet=1&node=art68</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.code-de-la-route.be/wet.php?wet=1&node=art68">http://www.code-de-la-route.be/wet.php?wet=1&node=art68</a>
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