Should I be at 40mph by the time I get to the sign or stay at 30mph until I've passed the sign. My instructor's a bit vague and I want to check.
2006-10-09 21:08:19 · 34 answers · asked by easypeasy 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
Your instructor should know precisely! When approaching a higher speed limit sign, (check mirrors - rear and offside), if no-one is about to overtake increase speed when you reach the new speed limit sign. When approaching a lower speed limit sign, check your rear view mirror well before the sign and judge slowing down gradually (rather than brake harshly), so that by the time you are at the 30 sign you are doing the new speed. Don't worry if you are still going a little faster as you pass the sign ie 31/32 but continue to bring you speed down.
2006-10-09 21:33:41 · answer #1 · answered by lizziebeth 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You should stay at 30 untill you reach the sign, then you can go 40 after the sign,
Think of this if your on a 30 road and in the distance you see the limit is 50 but there are police about half way...are you going to speed past at 50 just because you can see you can speed up further down the road???
Hope that justifies it!!!!
2006-10-09 21:30:30 · answer #2 · answered by misyid 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My-oh-my...
Do you actually pay your driving instructor or have you made that bit up?
The speed signs are not indications of the speed that you should be going when you pass them, but are there to tell you of the MAXIMUM speed that you should be doing in that particular zone.
Therefore in a 30 zone as you approach a 40 zone... you keep doing 30, or below, until you pass the sign when you can then increase your speed safely, if you wish, so that it does not exceed the new maximum speed.
2006-10-09 21:14:29 · answer #3 · answered by Harrison N 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
The 40 MPH limit comes into effect at the sign. You must not speed up past 30 MPH until you are abreast of the sign. In the reverse situation, you must be at (or below) 30 MPH as you are abreast of the sign.
If your driving instructor is vague on this, sack the ****! He's an IDIOT and NOT qualified to teach! And you can tell him I said so and show him this posting. I'll be in the UK in a couple of weeks and will be HAPPY to tell him to his face!
2006-10-10 00:43:21 · answer #4 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The 30 limit is in force from the last sign, until you reach the 40 sign.
ie, if you were clocked at 38 mph, 15 feet before the first '40 MPH' sign, you could be prosecuted for speeding, as you were still officially in the 30 MPH zone
2006-10-09 21:12:23 · answer #5 · answered by SeabourneFerriesLtd 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
stay at 30mph untill you reach the sign then your not breaking the speed limit, once past the sign go to 40, but keep an eye on the speedomitor it might creep up faster than you think!
2006-10-09 21:11:12 · answer #6 · answered by carla s 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
If you are anything above 30 before you have got to the 40 sign you are speeding. So once you reached the sign then you may increase you speed to 40.
I cant beleive your instructor was vague about it. My instructor made sure I knew that!!
2006-10-09 21:20:08 · answer #7 · answered by Sara P 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
You should be at 30mph until you pass the sign but you should be prepared to speed up (in the correct gear etc and you should check mirrors before speeding up). Once past the sign, you should then accelerate.
2006-10-09 21:11:51 · answer #8 · answered by claire 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
only pass the 30 mph mark once you've passed the sign. If you speed up before it you are still in a 30mph zone and will be speeding
2006-10-09 21:20:47 · answer #9 · answered by L6 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
by law if you exceed the 30mph limit in a 30mph zone you are exceeding the speed limit.
so the leagl answer is 30mph untill you are past the 40 sign, then accelerate as required to the 40MPH limit, if conditions permit
the real world answer is accelerate just before the sign so that you get to arounf 40MPH failry soon after the sign
2006-10-09 21:19:05 · answer #10 · answered by Mark J 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋