How do we know what speed to drive at?

1. What is the legal speed limit?

2. What is a safe top speed?

How do we identify the speed limit?

Speed limit signs

At what point can we speed up or slow down?

What are the smaller speed limit signs along the road?

Where would we expect to see this speed limit sign?

What does this sign mean?

Where would we expect to see it?

How else can we know what the speed limit is?

How can we identify the road type?

What type of road is this and what is the speed limit?

What about this road type?

What is the speed limit?

Why use the "national speed limit sign?

Why not just show the speed limit in numbers?

The national speed limit applies unless signs tell us otherwise.

What would the speed limit be here?

Remember, these are limits......not targets.

So how do we choose a safe speed?

- What you can (or can't see) in front of you

- Other road users

- The weather (how it effects our visibility)

- The surface of the road

The pace of traffic can decide our safe top speed for us.

We must leave a safe distance from any traffic in front.

What if there is no traffic in front of us?

How do we choose a safe top speed?

Ask the question "what if".

"What if there was a broken down car just around the corner?

What speed would allow us to stop in time? 

Invent a worst case scenario, could we stop in time?

If the picture ahead looks good, we can speed up.

If it starts to look bad, start to slow down.

Other road users and our immediate environment can also influence our decision on what speed to drive.

How would you change your speed in these situations?

How would these conditions that make our view worse influence your safe top speed?

How would these road surface conditions effect your safe top speed?