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"70" speed limit sign on motorway entry slip road

Date 2024-06-23 10:29 +0100
Newsgroups uk.transport
From NY <me@privacy.net>
Subject "70" speed limit sign on motorway entry slip road
Message-ID <oTadnWTJ9Lprd-r7nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> (permalink)

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When roughly was the signage changed on the entry slip road to a 
motorway? I'm sure I remember an explicit "70" speed limit sign at one 
time, whereas nowadays it's a National Speed Limit sign (black diagonal 
bar on white background) in the comparatively unusual cases where the 
the speed limit on the approach road to the junction isn't already NSL.

I presume the NSL signage relies on an implied 70 limit for cars on all 
dual carriageways and motorways, and was done so the limit for those 
roads can be changed at a stroke, without a lot of sign changes, if it 
is ever necessary to impose a blanket lower limit.

Did the removal of the "70" sign happen at around the same time as the 
removal of the "no learners, mopeds and animals" signs?

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"70" speed limit sign on motorway entry slip road NY <me@privacy.net> - 2024-06-23 10:29 +0100
  Re: "70" speed limit sign on motorway entry slip road Nick Finnigan <nix@genie.co.uk> - 2024-06-24 11:12 +0100
    Re: "70" speed limit sign on motorway entry slip road NY <me@privacy.net> - 2024-06-24 16:59 +0100
  Re: "70" speed limit sign on motorway entry slip road Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2024-06-24 15:30 +0100
  Re: "70" speed limit sign on motorway entry slip road JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> - 2024-07-01 09:06 +0100
    Re: "70" speed limit sign on motorway entry slip road NY <me@privacy.net> - 2024-07-04 22:29 +0100
      Re: "70" speed limit sign on motorway entry slip road JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> - 2024-07-06 13:05 +0100

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