... I hate these "end" signs. Why don't they tell you what the speed limit is from this point on. It's also pointless here as there is only three metres left of road and once you go arund the corner it's 50 unless otherwise signed.
Extract from Rule 21 (3) of Road Safety Rules in Victoria ...
- A speed-limit sign on a road applies to the length of road beginning at the sign and ending at the nearest of the following—
(a) a speed-limit sign on the road with a different number on the sign;
(b) an end speed-limit sign or a speed derestriction sign on the road;
(c) if the road ends at a T-intersection or dead end—the end of the road.
A 100km/h installed prior to a series of corners with a lower advisory or design speed, or 50m to 100m in advance of a T-intersection / dead end, is viewed as possibly sending an ambiguous message to some drivers.
In my 45 years with or dealing with RoSTA/RTA/Roads Corporation/VicRoads/Department of Transport (currently), this topic has been raised every few years (when some new bright spark has a brain fade). We all sit around a board room table, discuss the options, and generally decide to keep the "end" signs.
In my current role we installed (with VicRoads' approval) "end" signs, a couple of years later, VR decided that these signs were no longer appropriate and we were instructed to remove them, we refused, a VR minion threatened legal action, nothing occured, signs stayed, a couple of years later VR policy changed, "end" signs remain.
If anyone has a better idea on how to end a speed limit, suggestions welcomed.
