On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:25:31 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote in :

ps Does anyone have a link to the current version of the document where
things like the "500m" above are defined?



"You MUST NOT exceed the maximum speed limits for the road and for your
vehicle (see the table below). Street lights usually mean that there is
a 30 mph speed limit unless there are signs showing another limit.
Law RTRA sects 81,86,89 & sch 6"

http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/09.htm#103


"Part VI of the RTRA 1984 deals specifically with speed limits, with
Sections 81-84 dealing with different speed limits and the speed limit
order making process. Section 81 of the RTRA 1984 specifically makes it an
offence for a person to drive a motor vehicle at a speed of more than
30mph on a Restricted Road (i.e. on an urban street lit road)."

http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/group...032880-06.hcsp


section 81

section 81: General speed limit for restricted roads. (1) A motor vehicle
can not be driven at a speed exceeding 30 miles per hour on a restricted
road. (2) The speed fixed by subsection (1) can be altered by the
Ministers acting jointly and making an order by statutory instrument and
approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

http://www.wales-legislation.org.uk/...?id=587&lang=E


For your information: Section 81(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
states:
The speed limit on a restricted road is 30mph. A restricted road is a road:
On which there is provided a system of street lights not more than 200 yards
apart (unless the traffic authority have directed otherwise) speed restriction
signs are not required, or
Which has been directed to be so by the traffic authority speed restriction
signs are required.

http://www.sussexsafetycameras.gov.u...ts%2008-03.pdf


Earl Attlee: Further to the Minister's response to the noble Earl, Lord Mar
and Kellie, on what constitutes a "restricted road", perhaps I might have the
temerity to refer her to Section 82 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act.
It says that,

"a road is a restricted road for the purposes of section 81 of this Act if
there is provided on it a system of street lighting furnished by means of
lamps placed not more than 200 yards apart".

There is nothing about such roads being in an urban area. That is extremely
important for rural areas and villages because a village road with street
lamps is automatically a restricted road and therefore subject to a 30 mph
speed limit.

http://www.pacts.org.uk/parliament/R...sard-4July.pdf


18. Section 81 of the 1984 Act makes it an offence for a person to drive a
motor vehicle on a restricted road at a speed of more than 30 mph. Section
82(1) of that Act defines a restricted road as one on which there is a
system of street lighting furnished by means of lamps placed not more than
200 yards apart. A road which is a restricted road for the purposes of
Section 82(1) can by means of a direction issued under Section 82(2) by
the Traffic Authority cease to be a restricted road for the purposes of
Section 82(1).

http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/group...ads_505174.pdf


HMSO doesn't appear to carry electronic versions of Acts from 1984.

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