European Speed Limits

In Europe there are many different speed regulations in place. The speed limit depends on the country you are in and the type of road you are driving on. Some European countries also have different rules for learner drivers and newly qualified drivers.

The first UK motorways were not governed by a speed limit until a series of crashes caused a much needed review where the seventy miles per hour limit was brought in. There has been a lot of discussions about upping the current 70 speed limit to 80 miles per hour but as of yet there has been no plans to change it.

French motorway systems have a slightly different system. Variable speed limits are put into play and they depend on the weather. In dry conditions the limit is usually eighty miles per hour but in wet conditions this is reduced to seventy. In 2002 the French government took steps to introduce some speed calming measures and the use of radar guns was implemented.

Germany is famous for its Autobahns- highways that do not have speed limits. Speed limits do apply to trucks, cars pulling trailers and buses though. Traffic reaching limits such as 125 mph are common but there is an advised speed limit of eighty miles per hour. Under German law, insurance payments can be dropped by exceeding the recommended eighty miles per hour speed limit. Not all areas are speed limit free though, some areas have constraints in order to reduce noise pollution.

Italian highways are set at an upper speed limit of eighty miles per hour and a seventy miles per hour limit is imposed on windy roads and in bad weather. On new and clear, straight roads a limit of 95 miles per hour is imposed.

Swiss autobahns usually have a maximum speed limit of seventy five miles per hour and dual carriage ways have a speed limit of 65 miles per hour generally.

speeding offences are extremely serious whether you are a newly qualified driver or an experienced driver. A speeding solicitor will be able to help with any advice surrounding motoring offences.

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