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The Highway Code (Section 103) gives a table of national speed limits with respect to vehicle types and also contains the following, "These are the national speed limits and apply to all roads unless signs show otherwise."

So, I've seen a few single carriageway roads where the speed limit is given by a "60" sign rather than the NSL sign. So, if you're driving a bus or a goods vehicle does that mean your speed limit is 60 and not 40 or 50 depending on type?

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Will

I'm sure we've done this before, but the answer is definitely not.

The Highway Code is perhaps not as crystal clear as it should be on this issue, but Rule 103 does say: "You MUST NOT exceed the maximum speed limits for the road and for your vehicle."

The fact that a single-carriageway road has speed limit signs for 50 or 60 mph does not override the national limit of 40 mph for HGVs on single carriageway roads, and there is no requirement for specific speed limit signing for HGVs.

Regards,

Peter

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