Speed limit where a speed limit sign applies
21 Speed limit where a speed limit sign applies
(1) The speed limit applying to a driver for a length of road to which a speed limit sign applies is the number of kilometres per hour indicated by the number on the sign.
Note.
Length of road is defined in the Dictionary.
(2) However, if the number on the speed limit sign is over 100 and the driver is driving a vehicle with a GVM over 4.5 tonnes or a vehicle and trailer combination with a GCM over 4.5 tonnes, the speed limit applying to the driver for the length of road is 100 kilometres per hour.
Note 1.
Combination and trailer are defined in the Dictionary, vehicle is defined in rule 15, and GCM and GVM are defined in the Act.
Note 2.
This subrule is not uniform with the corresponding subrule in rule 21 of the Australian Road Rules. Different rules may apply in other Australian jurisdictions.
(3) A speed limit sign on a road applies to the length of road beginning at the sign and ending at the nearest of the following—
(a) a speed limit sign on the road with a different number on the sign,
(b) an end speed limit sign or speed derestriction sign on the road,
(c) if the road ends at a T-intersection or dead end—the end of the road.
Note 1.
T-intersection is defined in the Dictionary.
Note 2.
Rule 322(1) and (2) deal with the meaning of a traffic sign on a road.
| Speed limit signs | |
| Speed limit sign(Standard sign) | Speed limit sign(Variable illuminated message sign) |
| Other signs | |
| End speed limit sign | Speed derestriction sign |
Note 1 for diagrams.
There are a number of other permitted versions of the speed limit sign and the end speed limit sign—see the diagrams in Schedule 3.
Note 2 for diagrams.
A speed limit sign or end speed limit sign may have a different number on the sign—see rule 316(4).
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