[Talk-GB] National speed limit changes

[Barry Cornelius]

On Tue, 24 Sep 2013, Peter Miller wrote:
> Are you saying that a road marked with a numeric sign of '60 mph' defines a different legal maximum speed for some vehicle types
> from a single carriageway road marked with a white sign and a black diagonal? For example that a bus/coach/car+trailer/HGV less that
> 7.5 tonnes are only be able to operate at 50 mph on a national limit single carriageway road (for examples one tagged marked
> maxspeed=60 mph,maxspeed:type=gb:national), but can operate at 60mph on a dual carriageway road signed numerically (ie maxspeed=60
> mph;maxspeed:type=sign)?

I'm no expert in this area.  It may help to look at:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_speed_limits_in_the_United_Kingdom#Fixed_speed_limits

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