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Index Advisory speed limit

An advisory speed limit is a speed recommendation by a governing body, used when it may be non-obvious to the driver that the safe speed is below the legal speed.[1]

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  1. 40 relations: Active traffic management, Autobahn, Bristol City Council, British Columbia, Cabinet of Germany, Department for Transport, Dynamic rollover, Federal Court of Justice, Finland, Gatso, German language, Illegal per se, Imperial units, Interchange (road), Land Transport New Zealand, Legal liability, M25 motorway, M42 motorway, M6 motorway, Manchester city centre, Manchester Evening News, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling, Negligence per se, NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Oberlandesgericht, Ontario, Pedestrian, Roadworks, South Korea, Speed limit, Sweden, Traffic code, Traffic sign, Transportation Research Board, United States customary units, Variable-message sign, Victoria (state), Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, Western Australia.

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Active traffic management

Active traffic management (also managed lanes, smart lanes, managed/smart motorways) is a method of increasing peak capacity and smoothing traffic flows on busy major highways.

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Autobahn

The Autobahn (German plural) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany.

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Bristol City Council

Bristol City Council is the local authority for the city of Bristol, in South West England.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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Cabinet of Germany

The Federal Cabinet (Bundeskabinett), or according to the German Basic Law, the Federal Government (Bundesregierung), is the chief executive body of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Department for Transport

The Department for Transport (DfT) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Dynamic rollover

A helicopter is susceptible to a rolling tendency, called dynamic rollover, when close to the ground, especially when taking off or landing.

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Federal Court of Justice

The Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) is the highest court of civil and criminal jurisdiction in Germany.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Gatso

Gatso is the brand that Gatsometer BV (now known as Sensys Gatso Group when Sensys acquired Gatso in 2015) use on their speed cameras and red light cameras.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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Illegal per se

In US law, the term illegal per se means that the act is inherently illegal.

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Imperial units

The imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act 1824 and continued to be developed through a series of Weights and Measures Acts and amendments.

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Interchange (road)

In the field of road transport, an interchange (American English) or a grade-separated junction (British English) is a road junction that uses grade separations to allow for the movement of traffic between two or more roadways or highways, using a system of interconnecting roadways to permit traffic on at least one of the routes to pass through the junction without interruption from crossing traffic streams.

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Land Transport New Zealand

Land Transport New Zealand was a Crown entity in New Zealand, tasked with promoting safe and functional transport by land, and includes responsibilities such as driver and vehicle licensing.

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In law, liable means "responsible or answerable in law; legally obligated".

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M25 motorway

The M25 or London Orbital Motorway is a major road encircling most of Greater London.

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M42 motorway

The M42 motorway runs north east from Bromsgrove in Worcestershire to just south west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, passing Redditch, Solihull, the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) and Tamworth on the way, serving the east of the Birmingham metropolitan area.

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M6 motorway

The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom.

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Manchester city centre

Manchester City Centre is the central business district of Manchester, England, within the confines of Great Ancoats Street, A6042 Trinity Way, and A57(M) Mancunian Way, which collectively form an inner ring road.

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Manchester Evening News

The Manchester Evening News (MEN) is a regional daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester in North West England, founded in 1868.

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Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (usually referred to as the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, abbreviated MUTCD) is a document issued by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) to specify the standards by which traffic signs, road surface markings, and signals are designed, installed, and used.

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Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling

Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling, usually abbreviated to MIDAS, is a UK distributed network of traffic sensors, mainly inductive loops (trialling at the moment radar technology by Wavetronix and magneto-resistive wireless sensors by Clearview Intelligence), which are designed to alert the local regional control centre (RCC) to traffic flow and average speeds, and set variable message signs and advisory speed limits (or mandatory speed limits on smart motorways) with little human intervention.

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Negligence per se

Negligence per se is a doctrine in US law whereby an act is considered negligent because it violates a statute (or regulation).

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NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA), superseded by is a New Zealand Crown entity tasked with promoting safe and functional transport by land, including the responsibility for driver and vehicle licensing, and administering the New Zealand state highway network.

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Oberlandesgericht

An (plural –; OLG, Higher Regional Court, or in Berlin Kammergericht: KG) is a higher court in Germany.

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Ontario

Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.

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Pedestrian

A pedestrian is a person traveling on foot, whether walking or running.

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Roadworks

Roadworks, also called road construction or road work, occur when part of the road, or in rare cases, the entire road, has to be occupied for work relating to the road, most often in the case of road surface repairs.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.

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Speed limit

Speed limits on road traffic, as used in most countries, set the legal maximum speed at which vehicles may travel on a given stretch of road. Advisory speed limit and speed limit are law enforcement, road speed limit and traffic law.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Traffic code

Traffic codes are laws that generally include provisions relating to the establishment of authority and enforcement procedures, statement of the rules of the road, and other safety provisions. Advisory speed limit and Traffic code are traffic law.

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Traffic sign

Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected at the side of or above roads to give instructions or provide information to road users.

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Transportation Research Board

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is a division of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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United States customary units

United States customary units form a system of measurement units commonly used in the United States and most U.S. territories, since being standardized and adopted in 1832.

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Variable-message sign

A variable- (also changeable-, electronic-, or dynamic-) message sign or message board, often abbreviated VMS, VMB, CMS, or DMS, and in the UK known as a matrix sign, is an electronic traffic sign often used on roadways to give travelers information about special events.

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Victoria (state)

Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.

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Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals

The Convention on Road Signs and Signals, commonly known as the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, is a multilateral treaty to standardize the signing system for road traffic (road signs, traffic lights and road markings) in use internationally. Advisory speed limit and Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals are traffic law.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of the Australian continent.

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See also

Road speed limit

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advisory_speed_limit

Also known as Autobahnrichtgeschwindigkeitsverordnung, Recommended speed, Richtgeschwindigkeit.