Editing Speed limit (section)

=== Speed limit derestriction ===
[[File:D984 03 - Fin de limitation à 30 km par heure.jpg|thumb|End of 30 km/h speed limit; previous speed limit applies.]]
[[File:UK national speed limit signs on a single-carriageway.jpg|thumb|The UK national speed limit of {{convert|60|mph}} for ordinary vehicles applies beyond this sign.]]
In some countries, derestriction signs are used to mark where a speed zone ends. The speed limit beyond the sign is the prevailing limit for the general area; for example, the sign might be used to show the end of an urban area. In the United Kingdom, the sign means that the national speed limit applies ({{cvt|60|mph}} on open roads and {{cvt|70|mph}} on dual carriageways and motorways). In New Zealand it means you are on an open road, but the maximum legal speed of {{cvt|100|kph}} still applies.<ref>{{cite web|title=About limits - Speed limits|url=http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/roadcode/about-limits/speed-limits.html|work=The official New Zealand Road Code|publisher=New Zealand Transport Agency|access-date=2012-08-08|quote=Open road speed limits - The signs below mean that the maximum speed that you can travel at is 100 km/h.}}</ref> On roads without general speed limits, such as portions of the German [[Autobahn]] and rural areas on the [[Isle of Man]], it means the end of all quantitative speed limits.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-30 |title=Safer Isle of Man roads depend on difficult decisions, says forum |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-61634678 |access-date=2025-02-09 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

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File:Spain traffic signal r501.svg|Common ''maximum speed limit'' derestriction sign
File:Italian traffic signs - fine limite minimo di velocità 30.svg|Common ''minimum speed limit'' derestriction sign
File:Italian traffic signs - fine velocità consigliata 60.svg|Common ''advisory speed limit'' derestriction sign
File:Australia road sign R4-2.svg|[[Australia]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Rule 21|work=Australian Road Rules|url=http://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/lz/c/r/australian%20road%20rules/current/1999.219.un.pdf|date=2011-01-12|access-date=2012-08-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505041544/http://legislation.sa.gov.au/LZ/C/R/AUSTRALIAN%20ROAD%20RULES/CURRENT/1999.219.UN.PDF|archive-date=2012-05-05}}</ref> now relatively rare
File:Australia road signs R4-12 (60).svg|Australia
File:NZ road sign R1-3.svg|[[Belgium]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] pre-2005, [[New Zealand]], [[Singapore]], [[Malaysia]] and [[Switzerland]]
File:China road sign 禁 39 (40).svg|China(Mainland)
File:Zeichen 282 - Ende sämtlicher Streckenverbote, StVO 1970.svg|[[Germany]]
File:Japan road sign 323 (40) and 507-C.svg|[[Japan]]
File:Japan road sign 323 (40) and 507-A.svg|Japan – Left arrow (Right arrow means "from here")
File:Philippines road sign R4-2.svg|[[Philippines]]
File:Philippines road sign R4-2P (60).svg|Philippines
File:NYSDOT NYR2-11.svg|End speed limit 35&nbsp;mph [[United States]]
File:Virginia R2-V2.svg|End speed limit (custom) United States (archaic)
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