Top Ten Tips

RoSPA's practical tips for drivers who find it difficult to stay within the speed limit. 1 Check Your Speedometer Regularly 2 Know the Limits - Look for Signs 3 Assume Lamp Posts Mean 30 mph 4 Speed Limits are a Maximum 5 20's Plenty When Kids Are About 6 Try no Higher Than 3rd Gear in 30 mph 7 Recognise What Makes You Speed 8 Concentrate - Distracted Drivers Speed 9 Slow Down When Entering Villages 10 Give Yourself Time • Refresh Your Skills

Remember, speed limits are a maximum, not a targets

Speed limits set the maximum speed for that road. However, there are many circumstances when it is not safe to drive at that speed. Examples of situations where drivers should drive at lower speeds than the limits are:

• Around schools at opening and closing times

• When children are about (especially residential areas, near playgrounds or parks)

• On busy, narrow roads

• Where parked vehicles reduce the width of the road

• On rural roads which are narrow, bendy and hilly and visibility is restricted

• In poor weather or reduced visibility

• On wet, icy or snowy roads

• At roadworks.