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English: World map of countries by speed limit units on traffic signs. Kilometres per hour (km/h) Miles per hour (mph) ... Traffic Sign Speed Limit Units: Width:
Prior to 2009, a speed limit could be defined in kilometers per hour (km/h) as well as miles per hour (mph). The 2003 version of the MUTCD stated that "speed limits shown shall be in multiples of 10 km/h or 5 mph." [118] If a speed limit sign indicated km/h, the number was circumscribed and "km/h" was written below. Prior to 2003, metric speed ...
Signs including Stop, Yield, No Turns, No Trucks, No Parking, No Stopping, Minimum Speed, Right Turn Only, Do Not Enter, Weight Limit, and Speed Limit are considered regulatory signs. Some have special shapes, such as the octagon for the Stop sign and the crossbuck for railroad crossings.
Question: Something that has not made sense to me since I started driving (49 years ago) is the apparent discrepancy in the posted speed limit (for example 50 mph) and the cautionary speed signs ...
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Maximum speed limit on expressways or motorways/freeways Country Maximum speed limit Automobiles Motorcycles Belarus: 110 90 Bulgaria: 140 100 China: 120 80 [2] Greece: 130 80 Russia: 110 90 Turkey: 120 (Expressways: 110) 100 if L3 (expressways: 90 if L3) Japan: 120 100 (statutory) 120 100 (statutory – 80 until 2000) Ukraine
Road sign in Beussent, France – entrance to built up area with an implied 50 kilometres per hour (31 mph) speed limit. The standardization of traffic signs in Europe commenced with the signing of the 1931 Geneva Convention concerning the Unification of Road Signals by several countries. [27]
A speed limit is the limit of speed allowed by law for road vehicles, usually the maximum speed allowed. Occasionally, there is a minimum speed limit. [1] Advisory speed limits also exist, which are recommended but not mandatory speeds. Speed limits are commonly set by the legislative bodies of national or local governments.