A lorry with a 3,500 kg MAM travels on a conventional road outside a built-up area with physically separated directions. With no special or dangerous-goods transport and no applicable lower limits, what is its general maximum speed?

Correct answer

80 kilometres per hour.

80 km/h under article 48.1.a. Physical separation allows the road authority to set 100 km/h for certain cars, motorcycles and motorhomes up to 3,500 kg, but does not raise the general lorry limit. A 3,500 kg mass does not make a lorry a car. Obey lower limits and adapt speed to conditions.