tanyatriangles

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Now before anyone jumps on me and says I SHOULD obey them, that's NOT what I'm asking, and I certainly do during the hours they are advised.

However, our local rag yesterday carried a halp page photo of Plod with a laser gun, suppoedly enforcing the 20mph limit, and warned that drivers who contravened it would get a fine and points.

I would have thought that it wasn't possible to give someone points for contravening what is an ADVISORY limit?

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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Councils have the power to impose 20mph limits on stretches of road. If done properly (check?) then it's enforcable.

If the sign is 20 on a circular sign with a red edge, then it is mandatory.

Clarebabes

What about those temporary signs outside schools, are they mandatory?

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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Probably not then, but it wouldn't stop the police enforcing the 30 mph limit & their presence would imply it was being enforced @ 20 mph

Timwinner

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You can call the highways dept of your local council and ask them about all enforceable temp limits and permanent 20's.
For a temp limit to be enforceable it has to have met a criteria and been listed by the council. Best way to find out is email or call them. If there is a publicized Police operation on that stretch of road I would have thought that stretch is enforceable, however speed awareness operations are sometimes about education, for example it still could be a 30 and they want to tell you why its best to do 20 outside a school etc.

Leslie

It always used to be that before they could change a speed limit on a road it had to be made de-restricted first. That used to hold up a few lower limits. I imagine that they must have kicked that law into the long grass though.

Les