Editing Speed limit (section)

=== Maximum speed limit ===
[[File:Zeichen 274-60 - Zulässige Höchstgeschwindigkeit, StVO 2017.svg|thumb|upright|Speed limit sign in [[Germany]], showing a 60 km/h restriction in [[DIN 1451]] font. Signs in other European countries are similar but make use of different fonts and sizes.]][[File:Lépron-les-Vallées (Ardennes) city limit sign.JPG|thumb|In France towns and city signs imply the speed limit of an urban road, by application of the Vienna Convention. For this reason the 50 sign on the picture is just a ''rappel'' (continuance of an existing speed limit).]]
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File:Hungary road sign C-033-50.svg|Speed limit sign for 50&nbsp;km/h ([[Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals|Vienna Convention]] Sign C14, most of the world follows this pattern)
File:UK traffic sign 670V50.svg|UK sign for 50 [[miles per hour|mph]]
File:Australia road sign R4-1 (50).svg|Standard speed limit sign used in [[Australia]] showing 50 [[Kilometres per hour|km/h]] (all speed limit signs are rectangular)
File:Sweden road sign C31-5.svg|Alternative Vienna Convention sign with an amber background used in few countries, such as Sweden, Finland and Iceland
File:IE road sign RUS-043.svg|[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] includes the text "km/h" since going metric in 2005
File:Indonesia New Road Sign Pro 4h.png|Indonesia (in km/h) includes the text "km" on the top right corner; this model was also used by a number of European countries such as Germany, Italy and [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MFG_Signale_S.4.jpg Switzerland] until the 1960s.
File:Japan road sign 323 (50).svg|[[Japan]] uses blue numerals; km/h
File:China road sign 禁 38 (40).svg|China (Mainland); km/h
File:Samoa - Speed Limit.svg|[[Samoa]] uses both [[miles per hour]] and [[kilometres per hour]]
File:UAE Speed Limit - 60 kmh.svg|The [[United Arab Emirates]] and [[Saudi Arabia]] (km/h) use both [[Arabic numerals|Western Arabic]] and [[Eastern Arabic numerals|Eastern Arabic]] numerals
File:CA-ON road sign Rb-001-060.svg|[[Canada]] (displayed in km/h; All speed limit signs are [[Comparison of MUTCD-influenced traffic signs|MUTCD]] style)
File:Ontario Rb-1A.svg|Canada ([[Ontario]])
File:British Columbia R-004-50.svg|Canada ([[Yukon]] and [[British Columbia]])
File:MUTCD R2-1.svg|[[United States]] (in mph)
File:Oregon-speed.svg|United States ([[Oregon]] variant)
File:NYSDOT NYR2-2.svg|United States ([[New York (state)|New York]] variant; "CITY", "VILLAGE", "TOWN", or a variant of the word "AREA" can be used in place of "STATE")<ref>{{cite web|author=[[New York State Department of Transportation]]|title=New York State Supplement to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways|url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/repository/B-2011Supplement-adopted.pdf|year=2011|at=Section 2B.13|quote=The NYR2-4, NYR2-5, and NYR2-6 signs...shall be used for posting area speed limits which are essentially city-wide, village-wide, and town-wide, respectively.... The word 'AREA' in the NYR2-3 sign may be replaced by other generic legend (for example, 'CAMPUS', 'PLAZA', 'MALL', 'PARK', etc.) where it would more clearly and appropriately identify a physically defined area.}}</ref><br />
File:MUTCD R2-1 METRIC.svg|United States (metric)
File:Peru road sign R-30.svg|Peru (metric, all speed limit signs are rectangular, and the reversed MUTCD order is used there)
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Some speed limits are applicable to a zone.
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File:Zeichen 274.1 - Beginn einer Tempo 30-Zone, StVO 2013.svg|Zone 30 entry in Germany with 30&nbsp;km/h speed limit
File:Zeichen 274.2 - Ende einer Tempo 30-Zone (einseitig), StVO 2013.svg|Zone 30 end in Germany
File:Signal B30.svg|Zone 30 entry in France with 30&nbsp;km/h speed limit
File:France road sign B51 (30).svg|Zone 30 end in France
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