O/T East Lancs Rd speed limit : Thu May 21, 2009 9:11 pm  

I have got a speeding ticket through the post today for doing 69mph on the Lancs near Leigh.
I thought a dual carriageway was 70mph limit - is the Lancs different?

: Thu May 21, 2009 9:13 pm  

: Thu May 21, 2009 9:17 pm  

60 on A roads unless stated otherwise.

: Thu May 21, 2009 9:19 pm  

Iam pretty sure there are 60 signs most of the way on the Lancs

: Thu May 21, 2009 9:29 pm  

Ron Burgundy wrote:

Iam pretty sure there are 60 signs most of the way on the Lancs

National Speed Limit signs not 60, then when you get towards Manchester (well Salford ) it reduces to 50.

: Thu May 21, 2009 9:35 pm  

There are 60 signs when heading towards liverpool but im sure they are pretty new

: Thu May 21, 2009 9:46 pm  

been 60 for a while now gone to 30 in the road works near lowton

: Thu May 21, 2009 9:53 pm  

SaBadSel wrote:

There are 60 signs when heading towards liverpool but im sure they are pretty new

Ah! so that's where the other end of the Lancs goes

It's not the first time I've been wrong

Isn't the National Speed Limit being reduced to 50 on A roads unless stated? If as you say they're new it's probably the Highways Agency getting ready for the change.

Re: O/T East Lancs Rd speed limit : Thu May 21, 2009 10:23 pm  

a maximum of 60 mph on East Lancs Road, 50mph when you get past Worsley, then 40 mph when it becomes the A6 at Irlam O Height's.

: Thu May 21, 2009 10:34 pm  

The national speed limit for a dual carriageway is 70mph. That's why you have the 60mph signs on the Lancs because it's not national speed limit - most of it is 60mph. There's a stretch near Haydock island that's still 70, and that stretch in Salford that's 50 instead.