An ordinary lorry not carrying dangerous goods travels outside a built-up area on a paved conventional road with one lane in each direction and a 2-metre unpaved shoulder. With no stricter sign or other restriction, what is its general speed limit?

Correct answer

80 km/h

80 km/h. A lorry’s general conventional-road limit does not increase with shoulder width or depend on the shoulder being paved. The carriageway here is paved: the 30 km/h limit for unpaved roads does not apply merely because the shoulder is unpaved. Observe applicable lower limits and adapt speed to conditions; a lorry carrying dangerous goods has its general maximum reduced by 10 km/h.