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tpbiker · 2025-01-29T08:31:14Z

I should clearly know this one but.. On the motorway into Edinburgh there are overhead gantrys with variable speed cameras on them. Every time I've ever been on that road, if there was a speed restriction in place it is clearly shown on the gantry. There is usually a national speedlimit sign on the gantry at the point the limit ends, so you know when to speed up..simples Except today there was a 40 sign that I went under, slowed down, but the next gantry and the ones after that had no limit. Which would normally mean 70, but would also usually have been preceded by the national speed limit sign to indicate end of restrictions So was I in a 40 or a 70? Everyone seemed to be going at 70 even though there was a camera on one of the gantry. My car dash indicated I was in a 40.

jamesoz

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This is all a bit stupid in practice but how far does “the letter of the law” extend? Use common sense? Impossible to define. 3 blank gantries? 5? 50

Exit the Motorway and rejoin, problem solved ?.

Posted : 29/01/2025 6:06 pm

poly

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ossify - at the end of the variable speed limit section there is usually (or certainly in the case in the OP) at non-digital sign telling you: e.g. https://maps.app.goo.gl/1zJHxN6Yxp7oVZM67 or https://maps.app.goo.gl/F4A77udhuSDK9m9r5 depending which way you go.

You won't get a ticket for driving too slow - but you might get one for day dreaming and not paying attention to the signs.

Posted : 29/01/2025 6:29 pm

tpbiker

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You won’t get a ticket for driving too slow – but you might get one for day dreaming and not paying attention to the signs.

I think technically you can be as it constitutes careless driving. Regardless, doing 40 in a 70 on a busy motorway is not particularly safe imo.

Posted : 29/01/2025 7:12 pm

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