[OSM-talk-be] Question about speed limit rules in Belgium

[Kenny Moens]

Hello,

Correct, speed limits become invalid at a junction in Belgium too.

Source: http://www.wegcode.be/wet.php?wet=11&node=art9 :
"*9.9. Verkeersbord C43. Vanaf het verkeersbord tot het volgend 
kruispunt, verbod te rijden met een grotere snelheid dan deze die is 
aangeduid."*

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:

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).

Source: http://www.wegcode.be/wet.php?wet=1&node=art65#65.5.10

Kind regards,
Kenny

Lennard wrote:
> Maarten Deen wrote:
>   
>> 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?
>>     
>
> 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
>
> http://www.wegcode.be/wet.php?wet=1&node=art68
> http://www.code-de-la-route.be/wet.php?wet=1&node=art68
>
>   
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