[OSM-newbies] Speed Limits

[James Ewen]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 6:58 AM, Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net> wrote:

>> I have never seen a single carriageway road with different limits in each
>> direction.
>>
> in the US you may see it for short distances where the speed limit is
> changing and
> the locations where the signs are placed is a bit arbitrary. generally these
> sections
> are less than 100 feet in length.

They are not uncommon in Alberta. Most often they are short stretches
where speed limits get reduced coming into a town, whereas the
outbound lanes are allowed to get back up to highway speed.

There are a few other instances as well that I have run across just in
my local area.

-- 
James
VE6SRV