End of speed limit sign
The lower limit finishes here and the normal limit for that road applies from this point.
- Group
- Speed limit signs
- The group at a distance
- A number inside a red circle. On a zone sign the circle sits inside a larger plate carrying the times it applies. White ground, red ring, black numerals.
- Does this group carry the law
- Enforceable. The number is a maximum for good conditions.
- In the sign deck
- 3 questions ask about this sign
What to do when you see it
In the order you do it, from the moment the sign comes into view.
- Note that the lower limit has finished, then look for the number that now applies.
- Do not accelerate on the strength of this sign alone, because the new limit may be lower than you expect.
- In a work zone, wait until you are past the end of roadwork sign as well before returning to normal speed.
Where you see it
At the far end of a school zone, a work zone or a temporary low speed length, usually as the limit number crossed through or as an end of zone plate.
Across the states and territories
The idea is national but the artwork is not consistent between jurisdictions or between permanent and temporary signs. Some places end a zone with an explicit end sign, others simply post the new number, so treat the absence of an end sign as a reason to look for the next speed sign rather than as permission.
Tell it apart from these
Both signs at the same size, next to each other, with the one line that separates them. These are the pairs people mix up under time pressure.
- End of speed limitthis pageEnd roadwork
End of roadwork tells you the work zone conditions have finished. An end of speed limit sign is only about the number.
End roadwork: The work zone finishes here and normal road conditions apply again.
- End of speed limitthis page50 km/h speed limit
After many end of zone signs the limit reverts to the built up area default rather than to a higher posted number.
50 km/h speed limit: You must not drive faster than 50 km/h, which is also the default limit in built up areas without signs.
How the knowledge tests use it
Questions test what the limit becomes after the zone ends, and the answer is the road's normal limit, which you have to know rather than guess.
A real question from the sign deckWhat does this sign mean?
An end of speed limit sign closes a special zone, such as a length of roadworks or a shopping strip. The road goes back to its usual limit, whether that is signed or the default for the area.
State and territory driver handbooks, speed limit signs
Try it in a question
The sign tests draw the artwork above the question and ask what it means, which is closer to the way you meet a sign on the road than reading a page about it. They are original questions written for this site rather than an agency's published bank.
More speed limit signs
A number in a red circle on a white plate.