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

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:55:02AM +0200, Kenny Moens wrote:
>
> 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.

My interpretation of that is that at the end the zone 50 (or end
of built-up area) you end up at the _default_ if there is no
other indication, being 90 if you're outside the built-up area.

> 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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