Highway authorities in England have been given special permission to use a new type of speed limit sign to help them square the latest rules on safety cameras with signing regulations.
The new design combines the camera warning symbol and national speed limit roundel in a single sign.
Changes to the rule book for safety camera partnerships required that signs showing the speed limit and those warning motorists about cameras should be co-located – so both are in the driver’s view – from the end of June.
The department’s special authorisation for each authority to use the new sign – showing a camera symbol above the roundel on a blue background – gets around the problem that speed limit repeater signs are prohibited on unlit roads, subject to the default limit.