{"id":17806,"date":"2015-06-25T01:40:43","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T00:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=17806"},"modified":"2015-06-25T01:40:43","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T00:40:43","slug":"know-your-road-signs-motorcyclists-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=17806","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Road Signs (Motorcyclists Only)"},"content":{"rendered":"

When leaving a village or entering a village how do i know what speed to go on a motorbike?<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Someone came to the blog via that exact search term! Is it any wonder the country is in such a mess as far as driver attitudes go?\"Village <\/p>\n

Diary of an ADI<\/a> doesn\u2019t even appear in the first 20 pages on Google for that term (that was where I gave up), so you have to admire the tenacity of whoever it was in their quest to find the answer. <\/p>\n

In the UK, we have this little booklet, which is known as \u201cThe Highway Code\u201d. Somewhere at the back are some pictures of things called \u201croad signs\u201d, and it is the usual custom to affix them to lampposts or other upright structures in order to inform road users of trivial details like imminent hazards and speed limits.<\/p>\n

The little booklet is aimed at all<\/strong> road users.<\/p>\n

To be honest, I was rather surprised that a motorcyclist should ask this, since most of them treat speed limits as advisory guidance, i.e. the speed to go at if there is a speed camera present.<\/p>\n

So, to answer the question: as you enter the village there is most likely a round sign like the one shown above with \u201c30\u201d written on it.  The \u201c30\u201d translates to the number \u201cthirty\u201d, and it refers to the number of miles per hour you are not allowed to exceed. If you look at those dials on your handlebars you might notice that one of them also has a \u201c30\u201d on it (it\u2019s right near the bottom, so you may not have noticed it before), and this is your \u201cmiles per hour\u201d dial. The little pointy thing that moves when you accelerate or decelerate should be on or below that as you enter the village, and it should not go above at any point.<\/p>\n

When you leave the village, the chances are that you will see another sign. This one is harder to understand because it doesn\u2019t have anything written on it, but instead consists of a white circle with a black diagonal stripe. It means that the national speed limit (NSL) applies, and this is \u201c60\u201d (or sixty) miles per hour on single carriageway roads, and \u201c70\u201d (or seventy) miles per hour on dual carriageways. A \u201cdual carriageway\u201d is a big road with a solid barrier between your side and the side where traffic is going the opposite way. Look closely and you will notice the dial on your motorcycle also has a \u201c70\u201d on it. It\u2019s a bit higher than the \u201c30\u201d, but still far enough down from the biggest number that you might have previously overlooked it.<\/p>\n

If at any point you don\u2019t know what the speed limit is – after all, it is difficult to spot these things when you are trying not to fall off on a corner – then you should assume it is \u201c30\u201d until you do.<\/p>\n

Note also that some signs have \u201c20\u201d (twenty), \u201c40\u201d (forty), or \u201c50\u201d (fifty) on them. These numbers also appear on your motorcycle\u2019s dial somewhere. The speed limit in a village isn\u2019t automatically \u201c30\u201d every time (it could be higher or lower), nor does it necessarily go up to NSL (it could be lower) as you leave the village. This is why those little signs are so useful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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