> "Brimstone" yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:0YOdnYBW_NXpqoLVnZ2dnUVZ8hmdnZ2d@bt.com...

>> Tony Dragon wrote:

>>> Brimstone wrote:

>>>> John Wright wrote:

>>>>> Conor wrote:

>>>>>> In article pipex.net>, John Wright
>>>>>> says...

>>>>>>> Its hard not to speed when the limit changes all the time. Even
>>>>>>> cruise control would get confused.
>>>>>>>

>>>>>> So you're admitting you drive without due care and attention?
>>>>>> After all, it's hard not to see a big round reflective sign with
>>>>>> a big number in and repeater signs every 80 metres or so.

>>>>> Not at all. I was thinking about the post Tony Dragon made about a
>>>>> road where the limit changes from 20 to 30 5 times.

>>>>
>>>> If the changes are correctly signed how is it a problem?
>>>>
>>>>

>>>
>>> I do not see it as a problem as I know about it, I don't understand
>>> why & it can cause strange traffic problems as vehicles slow down,
>>> speed up, slow down.
>>> If the 20 limit is necessary then it would have been simpler in this
>>> case to put that limit over the whole stretch of road.
>>> When it was done a few years ago, the way the signing worked made
>>> the limits different on the same bit of road depending on which
>>> direction you were going.

>>
>> Different limits according to direction and hazard I reckon is a good
>> idea.

>
> Not if someone has turned their car around, and thus missed seeing
> the lower speed limit sign....