The Arrive Alive website received the following interesting request for assistance:
“Just to ask a quick question. When travelling on public road outside an urban area which is not a freeway and approaching an intersection; if there is a speed limit of 100 Km/h on its own post followed shortly after by
another post which has: 60 Km/h and a sign of 3,5 T directly underneath it on the same post, does this mean: A) the speed limit is 100 Km/h for vehicles below the 3,5 T mass limit or that B) the speed limit goes from 100 Km/h to 60 Km/h for all vehicles and that the mass limit is 3.5 T?”
This was referred to one of our Experts from the Ask the Expert Section on the Arrive Alive website, and a reply received:
“Response without having seen the actual signs referred to in the question:
If the accompanying rectangular plate is in the same colour format as the 60 km/h speed limit sign above it (i.e. white with red border) – which it probably is – then it indicates that the lower speed limit of 60 km/h is in respect of vehicles over 3.5t only and does not apply to lighter vehicles, for which the speed limit would still be 100 km/h. Vehicles over 3.5t must therefore slow down to 60 km/h.
This would be a separate round regulatory (prohibition – limit) sign from the speed limit regulatory sign, even if it is on the same pole. The 60 km/h sign would therefore apply to all motor vehicles – whether under or over the 3.5t.
The 3.5t sign would indicate – as a separate regulation – that the weight limit of 3.5t applies beyond the sign, meaning that vehicles over that weight are prohibited from proceeding beyond the sign. They are two different round regulatory signs.
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