Speed limits for vehicles - Driving Test Rules

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Section 7 - Traffic Lights and Signals

Speed Limits

Driving safely in traffic - the two-second rule

Speed limits

Speed limits on roads

Speed limits for vehicles

Stopping distances for cars

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Section 8.5 - Speed limits for vehicles - Driving Test RulesSome drivers must obey speed limits for their vehicles as well as speed limits for the roads on which they are travelling.

The table below outlines the speed limits that apply to different vehicles.

Vehicle speed limit Type of vehicle to which it applies

80 kilometres an hour (80km/h)

A vehicle that can carry more than 8 passengers, apart from the driver, but does not carry any standing passengers

80 kilometres an hour (80km/h)

A goods vehicle with a design gross vehicle weight of more than 3,500 kilograms

80 kilometres an hour (80km/h)

Any vehicle towing a trailer, caravan, horsebox or other attachment

65 kilometres an hour (65km/h)

Any double-deck bus or double-deck coach

65 kilometres an hour (65km/h)

A single deck bus carrying standing passengers

If the vehicle and road speed limits are different, the driver must obey the lower of the two. For example, if a double-deck bus is travelling on a road with a speed limit of 80km/h, it cannot travel faster than its vehicle speed limit of 65km/h. But if it is travelling on a road with a speed limit of 50km/h, it must obey this limit regardless of the maximum speed at which it might otherwise be allowed to travel.

Vehicle speed limit	Type of vehicle to which it applies
80 kilometres an hour (80km/h)	A vehicle that can carry more than 8 passengers, apart from the driver, but does not carry any standing passengers
80 kilometres an hour (80km/h)	A goods vehicle with a design gross vehicle weight of more than 3,500 kilograms
80 kilometres an hour (80km/h)	Any vehicle towing a trailer, caravan, horsebox or other attachment
65 kilometres an hour (65km/h)	Any double-deck bus or double-deck coach
65 kilometres an hour (65km/h)	A single deck bus carrying standing passengers